Social Control & Deviance (Ch. 7)

The process by which a norm becomes part of an individual's personality

• internalization
• sanction
• social control
• recidivism

Term that refers to rewards or punishments used to enforce conformity to norms

• corrections
• sanctions
• social controls
• anomies

Sociologists call an action that rewards a certain kind of behavior a(n)

• internalization
• anomie
• positive sanction
• formal sanction

A reward or punishment riven by a regulatory agency, a school, a business, or government is a(n)

• internalization
• anomie
• informal sanction
• formal sanction

The enforcing of norms through either internal or external means is called

• internalization
• anomie
• sanction
• social control

A situation that arises when norms of society are unclear or no longer applicable

• anomie
• control theory
• deviance
• primary deviance

Focuses on why people conform rather than causes of deviance

• anomie
• control theory
• deviance
• primary deviance

Behavior that violates significant social norms

• anomie
• control theory
• deviance
• primary deviance

The occasional violation of norms

• anomie
• control theory
• deviance
• primary deviance

Social scientists who study criminal behavior

• criminologist
• differential association
• stigma
• labeling theory