__________ are informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture. They provide rules for conduct but are not considered to be essential to society's survival.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Folkways
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Religious laws promote the recovery of the agricultural system during drought because _____________________________________________________________
a. farmers are given hope that God will eventually end the dry spell b. prosperous farmers feel compelled by the laws of God to help their less fortunate neighbors c. cows that become barren are spared the slaughterhouse, many of which will eventually regain their fertility d. all of the above
Of the industrialized nations, the United States has the highest poverty rate and highest degree of income inequality
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Research on normative overconformity suggests that if we wish to understand this form of deviance we must
A. try to identify personality defects in athletes who overconform to norms. B. critically examine the organization and dynamics of elite sport cultures. C. avoid studying athletes in sports where injury rates are relatively high. D. study child athletes rather than adult athletes.
One psychological theory is that deviants tend to be __________, who are asocial, aggressive, and impulsive.
A. depressives B. chromosomally abnormal C. psychopaths D. traumatized