Chapter 6

Question 1

Deviance

Answer 1

any behavior that deviates from the norms and expectations of the group

Question 2

Claims makers

Answer 2

those who promote claims and tend to gain in some way if audience accepts the claims as true

Question 3

Mechanisms of social control

Answer 3

strategies people use to encourage, often force, others to comply with social norms

Question 4

Sanctions

Answer 4

expression of approval/disapproval for behavior that conforms/departs from norms

Question 5

Formal sanctions

Answer 5

backed by laws

Question 6

Censorship

Answer 6

action taken to precent information believed to be sensitive from being reached

Question 7

Group think

Answer 7

phenomenon that occurs when a group under great pressure to take action achieves the illusion of consensus by putting pressure on members to suppress doubt

Question 8

Stigma

Answer 8

attribute that is extremely discreditiing

Question 9

Crime

Answer 9

behavior that violates a law

Question 10

Structural strain

Answer 10

situation in which there is an imblance between culturally valued goals and legitimate means to obtain them

Question 11

Anomie

Answer 11

cultural chaos

Question 12

Innovation

Answer 12

acceptance of cultural goals but rejection of legitimate ways to obtain them