While studying suicide, Durkheim found another trend he called “social facts” to be important in analyzing social situations. Explain how social facts affect other social characteristics.

What will be an ideal response?


Social forces exist externally from individuals and these forces “push” and “pull” individuals into predictable patterns of behavior.

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The Equality Wheel identifies abuse of pets as a specific behavior that an abuser may demonstrate.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Concepts are mental images that summarize collections of seemingly related observations and experiences

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The theory that children acquire gender through the process of reinforcement and by modeling their same-sex parent is referred to as _______ theory

A) social learning B) identification C) gender schema D) cognitive development

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An adolescent's cognitive disposition is geared towards:

A. Left brain information B. Exploration and risk C. Irrational thoughts D. Helplessness

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