Karen's father is an executive for a major international corporation and has been transferred to various countries over the years. With each move, Karen is enrolled in a new school. Even though English is spoken in the schools she attends, there are students from all over the world whose parents have jobs similar to Karen's father. With each new school, Karen spends the first few weeks merely observing the other students to learn which behaviors are appropriate in specific situations because she's learned that at each school the kids behave differently. Karen is attempting to learn that student body's specific __________ regarding behavior.

A. rules
B. guidelines
C. precepts
D. norms
E. prescriptions


D. norms

Norms are rules that specify or prohibit certain behaviors in specific situations.

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amount of time involved. You can prevent confusion by _____. A. writing short sentences which can be read more quickly B. opening with a "real-time" description of the process C. numbering each example D. restating the controlling idea

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