Theory
This theory suggests that deviance is a necessary part of a successful society.
What is functionalism?
A violation of contextual, cultural, or social norm; anything that goes against what is generally accepted as normal.
What is deviance?
The family that you grew up in.
What is family of orientation?
The application of science to solve a problem in daily life.
What is technology?
A form of marriage in which one woman is married to more than one man at the same time.
What is polyandry?
This theory looks at how technology is communicated in respect to innovation and symbols.
What is symbolic interaction?
The regulation and enforcement of social norms.
What is social control?
Family that you create typically through marriage.
What is family of procreation?
All print, digital, and electronic means of communication.
What is media?
The act of entering into marriage while still married to another person; this is illegal in the state of California.
What is bigamy?
The ascribing of a deviant behavior to another person by members of society.
What is labeling theory?
Means of enforcing rules.
What are sanctions?
A person's traceable ancestry (by blood, marriage, and/or adoption).
What is kinship?
A form of constant monitoring in which the observation posts are decentralized and the observed is never communicated with directly.
What is panoptic surveillance?
The act of a couple sharing a residence while they are not married.
What is cohabitation?
Theory that focuses on the way in which traditional notions about family perpetuates social inequality.
What is conflict theory?
Crimes committed by average people against other people or organizations, usually in public spaces.
What are street crimes?
A household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
What is extended family?
The sorting process by which thousands of possible messages are shaped into a mass media-appropriate form and reduced to a manageable amount.
What is gatekeeping?
A form of marriage in which one man is married to more than one woman at a time.
What is polygyny?
Theory that emphasize the role that families play in socializing children, so they can function in society, while also giving them emotional and material support.
What is structural functionalism?
An organization that exists to enforce a legal code.
What is the criminal justice system?
People who have chosen to be family.
What is fictive kin?
The uneven access to technology among race, classes, and geographical areas.
What is digital divide?
a legally recognized contract between two or more people in a sexual relationship who have an expectation of permanence about their relationship.
What is marriage?