What Is the Difference Between Folkways and Mores

question 95

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between folkways and mores?

• A)Folkways are norms that are seen as central to the functioning of a society,whereas mores are the routine conventions of everyday life.
• B)Violating mores tends to bring more serious retribution than violating folkways.
• C)Folkways exclude rituals and symbolic behaviors included in mores.
• D)Folkways have much greater significance than mores.
• E)Mores cannot be enacted into laws,whereas folkways can.

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