Social Control

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

ways to encourage conformity to societal norms

• social control
• social sanctions
• deviance
• victim discounting

rewards or punishments that encourage conformity

• social control
• social deviance
• social sanctions
• deviance

Social control refers to 

• the folkways practiced by a society.
• the methods a society uses to promote order and stability.
• the violation of a social sanction.
• the rebellious behavior of many adolescents.

Which of the following is an example of a positive social sanction?  

• receiving a promotion at work for completing a project ahead of schedule
• being required to go to a safe-driving school because you got a speeding ticket  
• having your car insurance premium raised for getting a speeding ticket  
• not being allowed to go out with friends on the weekend because of poor grades