Ch7

Question 0

Informal social control

Answer 0

Social control that is carried out casually by ordinary people through such means as Laughter, smiles, and ridicule.

Question 1

Social control

Answer 1

The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society

Question 2

Formal social control

Answer 2

Social control that is carried out by Authorized agents such as police officers, judges, school administrators, and employers

Question 3

Conformity

Answer 3

Going along with peers- individuals of our own status who have no special rights to direct our behavior

Question 4

Labeling theory

Answer 4

And approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaged in the same behavior or not

Question 5

Differential association

Answer 5

Theory of deviance that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts

Question 6

Control theory

Answer 6

A view of conformity deviance that suggests that our connection to member of society leads us to systematically conform to society’s norms

Question 7

Social disorganization theory

Answer 7

The theory that crime and deviance are caused by the absence of breakdown of communal relationship and social institutions