What is it that sets peer groups apart from schools and families as agents of socialization?

a. Peer groups tend to be larger than most families
b. Unlike schools and families, peer groups are sources of informal socialization.
c. Peer groups are more likely to teach cultural norms than are families or schools.
d. Unlike schools and families, peer groups allow children a degree of freedom from authority


Ans: d. Unlike schools and families, peer groups allow children a degree of freedom from authority

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