Norms Are Best Described as

question 10

Multiple Choice

Norms are best described as

• A) the expression of group identity.
• B) a person's characteristic emotional reactivity.
• C) rules for socially acceptable behavior.
• D) a universally shared gender-typed society.

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Definitions:

Switching Codes

The practice of altering one's language, dialect, or style of communication based on the social context or conversational setting.

Sentence

A group of words that is grammatically complete, expressing a statement, question, exclamation, or command.

Grammar

All of the methods—word order, verb forms, and so on—that languages use to communicate meaning, apart from the words themselves.

PIRLS

An international assessment measuring the reading comprehension skills of fourth-grade students worldwide.