SOC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: White-Collar Crime, Differential Association, Control Theory
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Deviance: the violation of norms or rules and expectations. Informal sanctions: a sanction that is not enforced. Formal sanctions: a sanction that is enforced, for example by the government or other organizations. Functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interaction explanations for deviance. Symbolic interaction theories: differential association, control theory, labeling. Differential association: we learn to deviate from or to conform to society"s norms from the groups we associate with and through interactions with others. Control theory: we have two control systems that work against our motivations to deviate of right and wrong police. Inner control: our internalized morality- conscience, religion, and or ideas. Outer control: people who influence us not to deviate- family, friends and. Labeling theory: labels that people are given affect how they perceive themselves and how others perceive them. Functionalism: deviance as functional, strain theory, illegitimate opportunity structures. Deviance as functional: deviance contributes to social order in three ways. Deviance clarifies moral boundaries and affirms norms.
