Which of the Following Statements About Norms Is Not True

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about norms is not true?

• A)Sanctions are those norms for which people are punished for breaking laws.
• B)Laws are a particular kind of norm.
• C)Norms help people know how to act in given social situations.
• D)Informal norms that do not inspire moral condemnation are referred to as folkways.

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Definitions:

Ethnicity

A categorization of people based on shared cultural, linguistic, or ancestral traits.

Sexual Orientation

An inherent or immutable enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to other people.

Job Migration

The movement of workers from one sector, region, or country to another, often in pursuit of better employment opportunities and working conditions.

Ecological Fallacy

The error that arises when conclusions about individual-level behavior are drawn from aggregate-level data, assuming that group data reflect the individual behaviors within the group.