The sociological term used to refer to the systematic practices that social groups develop in order to encourage conformity to norms, rules, and laws and to discourage deviance is __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
social control
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A. acculturation B. pluralism C. secondary structural integration D. primary structural integration
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