Which of the Following Statements About Norms Is INCORRECT

question 118

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about norms is INCORRECT?

• A) Norms help clarify the expectations associated with a person's membership in a group.
• B) Although important, norms are not considered to be rules or standards of conduct.
• C) Norms help members guide their own behavior.
• D) When someone violates a group norm, other members typically respond in ways that are aimed at enforcing the norm.
• E) Norms help members predict what others will do.

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Definitions:

Three-Fifths Compromise

A compromise reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention that counted three out of every five slaves as a person for the purposes of taxation and representation in Congress.

Slave Trade

The historical trade in humans for the purpose of forced labor, including the Transatlantic slave trade where Africans were transported to the Americas.

Great Compromise

An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that led to the establishment of a two-chambered Congress to balance representation between large and small states.

Equal Number

A condition of having the same quantity or measure as another.