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When First-Year Students Look Around the Classroom and See Upper-Division

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When first-year students look around the classroom and see upper-division classmates who possess the characteristics they wish they had, sometimes the first-years will experience a discrepancy between their actual and selves.


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Deviance

Behaviors or actions that violate societal norms or laws, leading to social disapproval or legal sanctions.

Intervening Variables

Factors within a study that mediate the relationship between independent and dependent variables, helping to explain outcomes.

Deviant Behavior

involves conduct that deviates sharply from societal expectations, which can be criminal or non-criminal in nature.

Feminist Theory

A framework for understanding gender inequality and advocating for women's rights.

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