Any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society is a(n)

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The ways in which people respond to one another.

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The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.

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A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.

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A social position that is "assigned" to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.

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A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.

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A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.

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a "Persona" that one adapts while they go through thier social interactions

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The situation that occurs when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.

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The situation that occurs when the same social position imposes conflicting demands and expectations.

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Any number of people with similar norms, values, and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.

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A small group characterized by intimate, face-to-face association and cooperation.

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A formal, impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.

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Any group or category to which people feel they belong.

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Any Group where one feels they do not belong

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A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others, and through them, indirectly to still more people.

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Techniques and strategies for preventing deviant behavior in any society.

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A penalty or reward for conduct concerning a social norm.

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Going along with peers—individuals of our own status, who have no special right to direct our behavior.

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Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.

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Control that people use casually to enforce norms.

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Control carried out by authorized agents, such as police officers, physicians, school administrators, employers, military officers, and managers of movie theaters.

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Governmental social control.

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adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment, or both.

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A label society uses to devalue members of a certain social group.

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Émile Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.

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Anomie Theory of Deviance

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A theory developed by Robert Merton that explains deviance as an adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment, or both.

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A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.

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A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.

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A theory that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants.

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Societal-Reaction Approach

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Alternate name for labeling Theory

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A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.

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