UCSP - Lesson 2

It is traditionally seen as a one-way process in which society molds an individual to conform to established social norms and rules.

• Enculturation

• Normalization

• Socialization

• Social Process

It occurs when the members choose the course of action that the majority favors.

• Conformity

• Deviancy

• Folkways

• Mores

These are written rules of conduct enacted or enforced by the government.

• Mores

• Laws

• Folkways

• Values

It refers particularly to a position in the social structure or any social position where a person fits within the society.

• Status

• Role

• Values

• Mores

Unequal access to the attainment of financial success and other environmental resources causes deviance among members.

• Control theory

• Conflict theory

• Strain theory

• Power theory

It is a group to which an individual belongs and where he/she can feel a sense of identity

• In-group

• Reference group

• Out-group

• Within-group

It is a group to which an individual does not belong and to which he/she can feel hostility or a sense of competitiveness.

• In-group

• Reference group

• Out-group

• Clique

Deviance depends upon the status and role of a person.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Social relations must not exist among members of the group.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Members in a group have ranks or positions in that group.

• TRUE

• FALSE