Sees society as being like an organism where each part of society needs all of its parts to work well together. However, at the same time - some things may not work well...
What is Functionalist Perspective
100
Any group that individuals use as a standard for evaluating themselves and their own behavior.
What is Reference Group
100
A term used to describe an interaction between two or more living things in which they are said to work together.
What is cooperation
100
positive deviance
What is Involves behavior that over conforms to social expectations
100
An act of moral vengeance by which society makes the offender suffer as much as the suffering caused by the crime.
What is retribution
200
a society in which the economic emphasis is on providing services and information
What is postindustrial society
200
A relatively small group of people who engage in intimate face to face interaction over an extended period of time.
What is Primary Group
200
when people do things for or with others with the expectation of getting something in return
What is social exchange
200
Norm violations that most people take part in with little harm to self-concept
What is primary deviance
200
A method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prisons
What is incarceration
300
Argues that society is made of groups with competing interest - in other words - those people who are in higher classes tend to want people in lower classes to stay beneath them in wealth and influence.
What is Conflict Perspective
300
A system of marriage that allows women to have multiple husbands
What is polyandry
300
Interaction in which individuals or groups are forced to behave in a particular way
What is coercion
300
deviance in which an individual's life and identity are organized around breaking society's norms
What is secondary deviance
300
Continued criminal activity following initial law-violating behavior
What is recidivism
400
A great example of this theory is the way people in other countries consider whistling to be "booing" at a sporting event - which is different from how Americans would use whistling.
What is Symbolic Interactionalism
400
A large, usually formal, impersonal, and temporary collection of people who pursue a specific goal or activity.
What is Secondary Group
400
A change in behavior or belief as the result of real or imagined group pressure
What is conformity
400
A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.
What is monogamy
400
A goal of punishment to help a criminal become a law-abiding member of society.
What is rehabilitation
500
A concept first brought into wide usage in sociology by Durkheim, referring to a situation in which social norms lose their hold over individual behavior
What is anomie
500
A form of marriage in which a person may have two or more spouses simultaneously.
What is polygamy
500
A perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas that causes one person or group to work against another.
What is conflict
500
involves behavior that under-conforms to accepted norms
What is negative deviance
500
A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to inhibit criminal behavior through the fear of punishment.