Distinguish between norms and values

What will be an ideal response?


Norms are specific rules that guide individual and social behavior. Values are more abstract than norms. They are the ideas that support or justify norms. They are shared notions about what is right.

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a. values b. norms c. culture d. cultural universals

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Jenna's mother is concerned about Jenna and her boyfriend cohabiting rather than marrying because of social security and other benefits of marriage. Which interest is her mother focusing on?

a) Wealth b) Status c) Power d) Alliances

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Which theory is interested in looking at how people in social movements create meaning and how they put it into words?

A. functionalist theory B. conflict theory C. symbolic interactionist D. critical theory

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