Informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture.

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a. true b. false

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Which of the following is TRUE regarding marital satisfaction and success?

a) Conflict-habituated marriages are those that end in divorce. b) Researchers today define a marriage as "happy" as long as it doesn't end in divorce. c) Most married men and women report that their marriages are "very happy." d) A study of over 2,000 married adults asked them to evaluate the importance of several factors to marital success and shared tastes and interests were at the top of the list. e) A study of over 2,000 married adults showed that Blacks and Hispanics have very different opinions about what factors are important to marital success.

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Which of the following describes Thorstein Veblen’s ideas about emulation?

a. collective stock of production knowledge and techniques that each generation supplements b. how values, norms, laws, and customs evolve more slowly than technology and science c. inanimate objects afforded abilities d. the consideration of accomplished and successful people as role models

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Discuss Karl Marx's view on class differentiation. Define the terms "bourgeoisie" and "proletariat." Describe what Marx termed as a "false consciousness," and give an example to support your answer.

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