Changes in the Importance of Socialization's Different Agents Might Occur

question 44

Multiple Choice

Changes in the importance of socialization's different agents might occur over time within a society. Identify the major agent(s) of socialization that is/are less important to adolescents now than in the late 1800s.

• A) the mass media
• B) schools
• C) peers
• D) the family

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