Social
Groups
Groups
This is a defining characteristic of a social group.
What is interaction must take place?
According to John Locke, this term describes a child as a “blank slate.”
What is tabula rasa?
How does deviance help society clarify acceptable behavior?
What is norm reinforcement?
This type of sanction includes rewards like promotions or medals.
What are positive formal sanctions?
This term describes any act labeled as illegal by authorities and prohibited by law.
What is a crime?
A triad is different from a dyad because it has this advantage.
What is easier decision-making?
This concept, introduced by Cooley, suggests children develop a sense of self through interactions with their primary group.
What is the looking-glass theory?
A situation where societal norms become unclear or inapplicable is described by this term.
What is anomie?
This type of sanction, like gossip or ridicule, is most effective among teenagers.
What are informal sanctions?
Crimes committed by professionals in the course of their occupation are known as this.
What is white-collar crime?
This type of group interacts over a long period and involves close relationships.
What is a primary group?
At what stage in Mead’s theory do children participate in organized games?
What is the game stage?
In Merton’s Strain Theory, what adaptation involves rejecting societal goals and methods while creating new ones?
What is rebellion?
This is the most fundamental form of social control.
What is self-control?
What term refers to the rate at which released prisoners commit new crimes and return to the corrections system?
What is recidivism?
A group that individuals use as a standard for evaluating themselves is called this.
What is a reference group?
Goffman’s concept of dramaturgy uses this metaphor to describe social interaction.
What is theatrical performance?
This theory suggests behavior is influenced by the labels society places on individuals.
What is labeling theory?
Negative sanctions are only effective when this accompanies them.
What are positive sanctions?
This term describes the power police have to decide who gets arrested.
What is police discretion?
This term describes how in-groups separate themselves from out-groups.
What is by using symbols?
This term, in Mead’s theory, represents internalized societal attitudes and expectations.
What is the generalized other?
In conflict theory, this group determines what is labeled as deviant.
What is the ruling class?
This term describes a norm becoming part of an individual’s personality.
What is internalization?
This FBI-published report provides annual crime statistics in the U.S.
What are Uniform Crime Reports?