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Formal laws: are written and codified social norms


Group work: A method of social work in which small
sized social groups I facing certain social
problems are addressed.


Horticultural societies: are those whose economy is
based on cultivating plants by the use of simple
tools, such as digging sticks, hoes, axes, etc.


Horizontal social mobility: is movement within a social
class or a social position where the individual
slightly improves and/or declines in his social
position with in his/ her class level.


Hunting and gathering societies: The simplest type of
society that is in existence today and that may be
regarded the oldest is that whose economic
organization is based on hunting and gathering.


Hypothesis: A tentative statement waiting to be tested
or proved by empirical data


Ideal role: that which a person is expected to perform
theoretically.

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