Jessa dresses stylishly and knows the cool cultural references. Her sister Kellie avoids every trend she can identify. When Jessa proves more popular at school, it is because she is complying with what?
A. herd mentality
B. explicit expectations
C. social norms
D. social influence
Answer: C
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a. accurate? easy b. accurate? difficult c. accepted by their partners? easy d. accepted by their partners? difficult
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a. Homophobia b. Heterosexism c. Heterophobia d. Homosexism
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A) fail to distinguish between the objective and the subjective. B) believe that the world is as it seems. C) distinguish between appearances and realities. D) do not understand the difference between the world and their mental representation of it.
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Fill in the blank with correct word