Denise wants to spend the night on the street to buy tickets for a rock concert. She insists that she must go because, as she tells her parents, "Everybody's doing it!" In this case, "everybody" Is an example of the sociological concept of:

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The "generalized other" refers to the common behavioral expectations of society. Denise is using the idea that "everybody's doing it" to justify her actions based on societal norms or expectations.

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