Only in the 1830's, struggling to place her son in an upper-class school, did she seek conventional social acceptance.
According to Hirschi, social attachments (e.g., to parents, teachers, and peers), involvement in conventional activities, acceptance of social norms (such as the norm that criminal acts should be avoided), and recognition of the moral validity of law are most likely to prevent delinquency.
To assess the quality of the conflict technique method, a comparison was also made with the conventional gap-acceptance method, both methods showing a rather good correspondence.
As men gain positions of job authority, conventional expectations, the acceptance and support of their co-workers, and the sense of fulfilling work often buoy them.
Sometimes a situation that appears hopeless is actually poised for a new beginning -- when the apparent hopelessness reflects acceptance that conventional wisdom has utterly failed to bring about solutions and that solutions require actions that conventional wisdom has blocked.
In the context of climate change, resource limitations and other drivers, there is growing international acceptance that conventional technocratic approaches to planning urban water systems are inadequate to deliver the services society requires.
While it's easy to snigger at the grandiose delusions of Esperantists and other similarly dreamy minorities, such as advocates for a single world government, Earth doesn't seem entirely safe in the hands of the rest of us, with our passive but pragmatic acceptance of conventional politics-as-usual.
As he readily admits now — his quick judgment was the hubris of youth and a quick acceptance of conventional wisdom.
Acceptance of conventional stereotypes about women also puts unjust pressure on women who think otherwise to conform to feminine cognitive styles.
It is of course possible to develop probiotic dairy foods with similar acceptance as conventional products.
