Sociology chapter 7

What is social control

• Controlling the society

• Enforcing the norms through internal and external

• Controlling someones sociability

• Controlling your own sociability

What is deviance

• Something that violates the significant norms

• Something that violates small norms

• A robber

• The same as social control

What is a stigma

• Medicine

• A tree

• A mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society.

• The same as deviance

What is anomie

• the situation that arises when the norms of society are unclear or are no longer applicable

• The slang word for anomaly

• A ghost

• A situation that arises when the norms of society aren't unclear or are no longer applicable

What is the strain theory

• A researcher was having a bad headache

• The ecosystem is failing

• views deviance as the natural outgrowth of the values, norms, and structure of society.

• Puts a lot of strain on society

What is control theory

• A person trying to control the economy

• How to control the government

• The opposite of the strain theory

• The same as the strain theory but this one focuses on why people conform

What is cultural transmission theory

• Says that deviance is very bad

• Says that deviance is a behavior learned from others

• Says that deviance is good

• Says that its from your background

What is differential association

• Refers to non deviant people

• Refers to deviant people

• Refers to the frequency and closeness of associations someone has with deviant and non deviant people

• Refers to how different people are

What is the labeling theory

• Focuses on how deviant people do bad things

• focuses on how individuals come to be identified as deviants

• How people get labeled in society

• How people view other people in society

What is the primary deviance

• The every few years violation of norms

• The occasional violation of norms

• The biggest violation of norms

• The every day violation of norms