Sociologists cannot identify "laws of society" that allow us to precisely predict the behavior of an individual because ________

a. human behavior may be patterned, but it is also spontaneous.
b. sociology is still very young.
c. no sociologist ever tried to discover such laws.
d. no sociologist would wish to predict human behavior.


Answer: a

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