Key Terms - Sociology

Question 1

Rehabilitation

Answer 1

The action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.

Question 2

Punishment

Answer 2

Punishment involves the intentional infliction of pain and/or the deprivation of rights and liberties.

Question 3

Deterrence

Answer 3

Setting an example (Public Executions)

Question 4

Cults

Answer 4

Group or movement that share a common belief

Question 5

Compliance

Answer 5

Compliance is behavioral conformity in order to achieve rewards or avoid punishments

Question 6

Brainwashing

Answer 6

The concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques.

Question 7

Norms, Values, Mores

Answer 7

Norms: Why people do what in a certain situation

Values: A belief, ideal, or principle that an individual or group has that determines what is correct, desirable, and proper

Mores: Norms that structure between right and wrong

Question 8

Sociology

Answer 8

The study of people in groups and within social structures