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| Deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions. |
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| connection to members of society leads individuals to systematically conform to society’s norms. |
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| Differential association theory |
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| people learn to deviate or to conform to societys norms depending on the different groups they associate with. |
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| the structure of society encourages deviance, Deviance results from a strain between cultural goals and accepted means to reach these goals. |
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| carried out by authorized agents |
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| - reprimand but without and penalties |
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| techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in society. |
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| the recognized violation of cultural Norms |
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| widespread cultural norms and values that individuals use as a reference in evaluating themselves |
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individuals who are the most important in the development of the self (parents, friends,
teachers) |
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| mentally assuming the perspective of another |
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the sense of self is derived from the perception of others
- we imagine how we present ourselves to others
- we imagine how others perceive us
- we develop feelings about ourselves based on these impressions (ex. A self-
concept) |
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| totality of our beliefs and feelings about ourselves |
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a group that individuals use as a standard for evaluating themselves and their own
behavior |
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a group or category to which people feel they do not belong…the stronger an out-group is, the
more people respond as an in-group |
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| a group category to which people feel they belong |
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Family- we learn how to appropriately interact with people, US teens trust parent
the most
School- teachers, coaches, we learn what it means to be a good citizen;
Peer groups, we learn how to be social;
Media- help define what is hip/cool/in, also good for a common sense of
connection |
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process of social interaction through which people learn their culture and develop a self-
identity |
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| practice of evaluating a culture by its own standards |
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| assumption that your culture is better than others… (Response to cultural diversity) |
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| subculture that opposes aspects of a larger culture |
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| a culture existing w/ in a larger, dominant culture |
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| rewards for appropriate behavior or penalties for inappropriate behavior |
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| norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society |
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| norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern |
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| norms that are written down & have specific punishments of violaters |
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| norms that are unwritten but understood |
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| established standards of behavior maintained by a society |
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collective ideas of what is right, good or proper in a culture
[core American values- individualism, achievement & success, activity & work] |
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a system of symbols used for communication
[street lingo- “decent, dissed, on the pipe, come up hard, old head, juice nerve”] |
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| anything that meaningfully represents something else |
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| people who share a defined territory & participate in a common culture |
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| shared values, understandings, symbols & practices of a group |
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| 110 + newspaper articles & open-ended interviews (survey) |
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| research method for investigating cause and effect under highly controlled conditions |
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research method in which researchers systematically observe people while
joining them in their routine activities |
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| Symbolic interactions perspective- |
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| society is the sum of interactions, of individuals & groups, micro level analysis, key concepts= Symbols, Interaction, Meanings [SIM] |
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| society is composed of self interested groups competing for scarce resources (forceful), macro-level analysis, key concepts= Exploration, Power, Inequality, Competition [EPIC] |
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unfortunate, unhelpful, undesirable problems
[ex. misplaced goals, conflict, violence] |
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positive consequences that are not necessarily intended (unrecognized)
[ex. Relationships, jobs, solidarity (pride)] |
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| Functionalist perspective- |
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argues society is composed of interdependent parts that work together to
maintain its stability (lemonade ex.), macro level analysis, key concepts=
structure, equilibrium, manifest function, latent function, dysfunction |
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| variable that causes or motivates change in something else |
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