Culture Craze
This is defined as the shared beliefs, values, and practices of a group.
Culture
Individuals learn deviant behavior from those close to them who provide models of and opportunities for deviance.
Differential Association Theory
Violating social norms is known as this
Deviance
This term refers to behavior that violates laws
Crime / Criminal
Later taking the name of a French politician, which device was originally called the louisette for Antoine Louis, the surgeon who invented it?
Guillotine
Wearing a jean jacket and carrying around a skateboard highlights this aspect of culture (tangible items!)
A rich man can afford the best lawyers, while a poor man can't. Even though they did the same crime, the rich man got an easier sentence. What theory/perspective does this highlight?
Conflict Theory
This is the name for norms that carry a moral significance. For example, the idea that murdering is morally wrong and breaks a norm.
Mores
This type of crime includes physical harm or threat of harm to a person
Violent Crime
Which U.S. city was chosen as home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in part because that is where a local DJ popularized the term rock and roll?
Cleveland
Cultural universal
What theory identifies 5 ways people respond to feeling blocked from reaching important goals in the “normal” or socially approved ways.
Strain Theory
This is the name for norms that do not hold moral significance. For example, wearing sunglasses indoors is odd but not morally wrong
Folkways
Theft or burglary falls under this type of crime.
Non-Violent crime / Property Crime
Males of what animal have air sacs in their chests that amplify the sound of their aggressive chest-beating?
Gorilla
These are ideas/things a person thinks are good or important (as opposed to beliefs)
Values
This theory states that social control is strongest when social bonds are high; Deviance occurs when someone feels disconnected from society.
Control Theory
A biker speeds down the highway. The biker gang doesn't mind, but this breaks the social norm of following the speed limit for most people. What type of deviance is this known as?
Subculture deviance
What is the term for rules adopted and enforced by a political authority? (Think of Hammurabi!)
Legal codes
Some believed the world would end in 2012, since that was the end of a 5,125-year “Great Cycle” on the calendar of which ancient civilization?
Mayans
Some examples of this category of culture include going to the opera, looking at classical art, and philosophy.
High Culture
Under Labeling Theory, this refers to a label that describes the chief characteristics of a person.
Master Status
Drinking your soda past 8 is acceptable in your own home. However, if you're drinking soda past 8 while driving, you may get some funny looks or a DUI. The fact that soda past 8 is okay in some contexts and not in others is known as what type of deviance?
Situational Deviance
If someone drew racist graffiti on a wall, what type of crime would that be known as?
Hate Crime
Often used to refer to firm pasta, which expression means “to the tooth”?