A society's specific rules of right and wrong behavior are called its:

A) ?rituals.
B) symbols.?
C) ?language.
D) ?oaths.
E) norms.


E

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a. grandparents who raise their grandchildren b. a daughter and her curfew c. cousins whose children play together d. a son borrowing his dad's car

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Many churchgoers want individual independence, but too often they receive only authority

a. true b. false

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In 1933, the U.S. Congress repealed the Eighteenth Amendment,

a. making opiate-derivative drugs legal. b. prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to minors. c. bringing an end to the Prohibition of alcohol. d. legalizing both heroin and morphine.

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Which of the following statements about an ascribed status is correct?

A. It is easy to change when an individual becomes older. B. It is generally biological in origin, but it is significant mainly because of the social meanings attached to it within a given culture. C. It is based on an individual's skills. D. It has the same social meaning in every society.

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