Which of the following best illustrates policy adoption?
a) A committee of the Texas legislature holds hearings on a proposal to require all health-care workers to be tested for tuberculosis infection.
b) Sheriff's deputies conduct an intensive traffic patrol looking for drunk drivers.
c) The local board of school trustees votes to purchase metal detectors to search students for weapons on school grounds.
d) The commissioner of agriculture gives a speech encouraging Texans to purchase produce grown in the Lone Star State.
e) The governor stresses the importance of a college education in his State of the State address.
Question 2
Folkways are more important than mores in determining what kinds of behavior will be considered deviant in a society.
a. true
b. false
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