Emile Durkheim's term for patterned ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that exist outside any one individual but that exert social control over each person.

What will be an ideal response?


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Some adolescents resent the police merely because they are conforming to peer pressure to "not like cops."

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A ______ father is a male relative, family associate, or mother's partner who demonstrates parental behaviors and is like a father to the child

a. pseudo b. quasi c. social d. fill-in

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Discuss the effects of “White flight” on the quality of urban schools

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Comparing cohabitation with marriage, we can say that:

A. there are higher rates of violence among cohabitors. B. married couples have more and more satisfying sex. C. marriages are more likely to last than are cohabiting relationships. D. all of these answers are correct.

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