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- Subject:
- Social Science
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
- Date Added:
- 02/14/2014
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe social roles and how they influence behavior
Explain what social norms are and how they influence behavior
Define script
Describe the findings of Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Discuss the Bush administration’s economic theories and tax policies, and their effects on the American economy
Explain how the federal government attempted to improve the American public education system
Describe the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina
Identify the causes of the Great Recession of 2008 and its effect on the average citizen