Deviance #2 Vocabulary

Question 1

internal social control?

Answer 1

The personal rules or values that guide your behavior, helping you decide what is wrong or right.

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Question 2

labeling theory

Answer 2

When society labels someone as deviant or criminal, it can influence how they view themselves and lead them to act in ways that can confirm the label.

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Question 3

Define norms .

Answer 3

Informal rules that guide people’s behavior in a group or community; unwritten rules about how people behave in society.

Question 4

What are sanctions?

Answer 4

Rewards or punishments used to encourage people to follow or discourage them from breaking social norms.

Question 5

stigma?

Answer 5

A negative label that makes others view someone as different or less worthy.

Question 6

strain theory

Answer 6

How societal pressure can lead to criminal behavior.
and the means available to achieve them.

Question 7

victim discounting?

Answer 7

The tendency to downplay the seriousness of a crime or harm experienced by a victim based on their social status.
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Question 8

Fill in the blank: Internal social control refers to the personal rules or values that guide your behavior, helping you decide what is _______.

Answer 8

[wrong or right]

Question 9

True or False: Labeling theory can lead individuals to act in ways that confirm the labels assigned to them.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Fill in the blank: Norms are informal rules that guide people’s behavior in a group or _______.

Answer 10

[community]