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Conformity
Going along with oeers- individuals of our own status who have no special right to direct our behavior.
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Control Theory
A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to sociery's norms.
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Deviance
Behavior that violates the standards of conducts or expecations of a group or society.
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Differential Association
A theory of deviance that holds that violation of rules resuts from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.
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Formal social control
Social control that is caried out by authorized agents, such as police officers ,judges, school administrations and employess.
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Index Crimes
- The eight types of crimes reporte anually by the FBI.
- Murder, rapes, robbery, assault, burglary, theft,vehicle thelf and arson.
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Informal Social Control
Social control that is carried out casually by ordinary people through such means as laughter, smiles, and ridicule.
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Labeling theory
An aproach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaged in the same behavior are not.
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Law
Governmental social control
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Obedience
Copliance with higher authorities in a hierarchial structure
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Social Control
The techniques and trategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.
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Stigma
A label used to devalue members of certain social groups.
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Victimless crime
Term used by sociologists to decribe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired, but illegal, goods and services.
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White collar crime
Illegal acts commited by affluent "respectable" individuals in the course of business activities.
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Society brings about acceptance of basic norms through techniquesnand trategies for preventing dviant human behavior. This process is termed:
Social Control
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Which sociological erspective argues that people must respect social norms if any group or society is to survive?
The Functionalist perspective
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Stanley Milgram used the word Conformity to mean
Going along with peers
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Which sociological theory suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to conform systematically to society's norms?
Control Theory
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Which of the following statements is true of deviance?
Deviance is behavior that violates the standards of conduct of expectations of a group or society.
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which of the following theories contents that criminal victimization inceases whem communal relationships and social institutions break down?
social desorganization theory
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if we fail to respect and obey social norms, we may face punishment through informal or formal_________
santions
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police officers, jdges, administrations, military officers and managers of movie theaters are all instruments of ___ social control
formal
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some norms are considered so important by society that they are formalized into ____ laws controlling people's behavior.
laws
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It is important to underscore the fact that _____ is the primary source of conformity and obedience, including obedience in law.
socilization
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labeling theory is also called ____ ____ approach
societal reaction
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Consumer fraud, bibery, and income tax evasion are considered ____ ____ crimes
white collar crimes
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Caste
A hereditary rank, usualy religiously dictated, that tends to be fixed and immobile.
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Class consciousness
Karl Marx's View. Subjective awarnesses held by members of class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring aout social change.
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False consciousness
Karl Marx. Used to dscribe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect their objective position.
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Intergenerational mobility
Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents
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Intragenerational mobility
Changes in social position within a person's adult life,
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Proletariat
working class
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borderlands
Area of common culture along the border between mexico and US
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Dependency theory
An approach that contends that indistrualized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain
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Modernization
The far reaching process by which periphery nations move from traditional or less develope institutions to those characteristic of more developed society.
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Modrnization Theory
A functionalist aproach that proposes that modernization and dvelopment will gradually improve the lives of people in developing nations.
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Remitances
The $$$ that immigrants return to their families of origin.
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