Durkheim argued that the ritual of identifying and exposing a wrongdoing is an emotional experience that gives a sense of order to the community. The idea suggests
a. it is possible for a society to be entirely free of deviance.
b. behavior that is unthinkable when an individual is acting on his or her own may be executed without hesitation when carried out under orders.
c. when people become criminals, they do so because of contacts with criminal patterns and because of isolation from non-criminal patterns.
d. a group that went too long without noticing deviance would lose its identity.
d
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A. stimulating glutamate receptors. B. blocking serotonin receptors. C. releasing norepinephrine. D. enhancing GABA's inhibitory effects.
Which statement about prenatal sexual differentiation is INCORRECT?
a. All embryos start out as females. b. All embryos receive an X or Y chromosome from the father. c. All embryos have both Mullerian and Wolffian ducts. d. Genes on the X chromosome trigger the embryo to make testosterone.
Karl Manheim used ______ to incorporate materialism into his abstract ideas about the social nature of knowledge.
a. positivism b. Marxism c. phenomenology d. historicism
As individuals grow older and reach mature adulthood, they face the dilemma of "generativity versus _________________" in Erik Erikson's model of development
a. sadness b. self-absorption c. self-hatred d. depression e. none of the above