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1. Compare and contrast the quantitative and qualitative research. What are the similarities and differences? 2. What are the agents of socialization discussed in your text? Which has had the greatest influence in your life? Explain. 3. Weigh in on the nature vs. nurture debate. What is the argument on both sides? Which do you think has had the greatest influence on who you are? Explain. 4. According to Durkheim, societies like the United States are held together by organic solidarity or contractual solidarity. Does this concept have relevance to today's globalized world? What binds, or divides, individual societies and groups of societies? How do societies identify who "is one of us," and "is against us"? How do societies pull people together and give them a sense of belonging and security