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Chapter 3
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Sociology
12th Grade
02/23/2010

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Informal Sanction
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A spontaneous expression of approval given by an individual or group (ex. compliments, gossip)
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Social control
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enforcing of norms through either internalization or sanctions
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Negative sanction
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punishment or the threat of a punishment used to enforce conformity
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Technology
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knowledge and tools people use for practical purposes
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Sanctions
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Rewards or punishments used to enforce conformity to norms
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Social movement
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long term conscious effort to promote or prevent social change
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Ideology
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system of beliefs or ideas that justifies some social, moral, religious, political, or economic interests held by a soial group or by society
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Positive sanction
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An action that rewards a particular kind of behavior
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Diffusion
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Spread of culture traits- ideas, acts, beliefs, material objects- from one society to another
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Vested interests
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Resistance to change
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James M. Henslin
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Suggested that additional values such as education,  religious values and romantic love might be included
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Self- fulfillment
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Commitment to the full development of one's personality, talents and potential
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Internalization
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Process of which a norm becomes a part of an individuals personality, there by conditioning the individual to conform to society's expectations
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Narcissism
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Extreme SELF centeredness
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Culture lag
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Situation in which some aspects of the culture change less rapidly or lag behind, other aspects of the same culture
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Ethnocentrism
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Tendency to view ones own culture and group as superior to all other cultures and groups
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Reformulation
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The process of adapting borrowed culture traits
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Robin M. Williams
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American sociologist, analzyed american values and identified a set of 15 values that are central to the american way of life
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Christopher Lasch
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Social historian, termed the disorder narcissism
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Formal sanction
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Reward or punishment given by a organization or regulatory agency (such as government)
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Smiles, compliments
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What is a postive informal sanction?
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Gossip, frowns
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What is a negative informal sanction?
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Graducation certificate, pay raises
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What is a positive formal sanction?
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Suspension from school, low grades
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What is a negative formal sanction?
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