____________Norms State What Behavior Is Appropriate or Acceptable

question 78

Multiple Choice

____________norms state what behavior is appropriate or acceptable. For example, persons making a certain amount of money are expected to file a tax return and pay any taxes they owe.

• A) Standard
• B) Prescriptive
• C) Regular
• D) Proscriptive

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Definitions:

Cotton Industry

A sector of the economy focused on the production, processing, and distribution of cotton, historically important to the textile industry.

Traditional Norms

Conventional rules and values that govern behaviors and practices within a society or group, typically passed down from one generation to the next.

Strain

In sociology, a term referring to the pressure that people feel when they are exposed to social structures that impede the attainment of culturally approved goals.

Social Movement

A collective effort by a large group of people to bring about or resist social change.