Sociology Unit 2 Vocabulary

a reward or punishment that is given by some formal organization, such as a school or government

• rationalization

• formal sanction

• a bonus

• prejudice

this is an organic condition that results in the progressive destruction of brain cells

Match the following

• don't have a job but looking for one

• unemployment

• occupation requiring formal education

• positive sanction

• any act that is prohibited by law

• profession

• an action that rewards behavior

• crime

• moving businesses and jobs overseas

• outsourcing

process of legal negotiation that allows a person to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for a lesser sentence​ (a)  

• plea bargaining
• police discretion
• public opinion
• corrections system

a behavior that violates significant social norms

• crime syndicate

• negative sanction

• deviance

• cultural lag

a mark of social disgrace that sets a deviant individual apart from the rest of society

• stigma

• strain theory

• values

• tracking

Match the following

• assuming non-whites will commit crime

• crime syndicate

• decide who is officially arrested

• white-collar crime

• high social status crime

• police discretion

• large-scale organization of criminals

• racial profiling

• a punishment or threat of punishment

• negative sanction

the transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children

the interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others

• achievement

• aptitude

• self-esteem

• looking-glass self

a capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a specific body of knowledge