Which term is used in the sociological literature to describe a loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective?
A. anomie
B. neutralization
C. cultural transmission
D. disobedience
A. anomie
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A. functionalists B. conflict theorists C. symbolic interactionists D. feminist theorists E. exchange theorists
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a. we can use it to tell if a relationship is linear b. it summarizes all possible scores on the two variables c. it makes the scatterplot symmetrical d. it allows us to predict Y scores for any value of X
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a. primary b. secondary c. tertiary d. tributary