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Module 2 Study Guide
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- 1SomatotypesBody builds though to be related to certain personality characteristics or temperaments
- 2Brain StudiesPopular in the 1930's. These studies suggested that some people might cease their deviant ways if their brains were surgically altered.
- 3Chronic deviantsPeople who are unresponsive to treatments
- 4Operant conditioningExamining the way behavior modification or human conditioning can lead individuals to commit crime.
- 5Structural perspectiveLocates the root cause of crime and deviance outside of individuals, in the invisible social structure that make up any society.
- 6Structuralists blame cause of crime on which two factors?The differential opportunity structure and prejudice and discrimination towards certain groups
- 73 Types of Deviant OpportunitiesCriminal, conflict and retreatist
- 8Interactionist perspectiveDeal with real flesh and blood people in specific times and places.
They look at how people actually encounter specific others, and they look at the influence of these others. - 9Key feature of Interactionist perspectiveDeviant behavior is socially learned, and not just from anyone, but from people's most intimate friends and family members.
- 10Drift theoryThe movement into deviant subcultures occurs through a process of drift, as people gradually leave their old crowd and become enmeshed in a circle of deviant associates.
- 11Types of Individual Adaption1. Conformity
2. Innovation
3. Ritualism
4. Retreatism
5. Rebellion - 12Youthful delinquencyThe age where most deviation from the norms that generally occur.
- 13Control TheoriesDelinquent acts result when an individual's bond to society is weak or broken.
- 14Elements of the bond1. Attachment
2. Commitment
3. Involvement
4. Belief - 15Feminist TheoryPatriarchal structure of society responsible for the discrimination and oppression of women
- 16Official statisticsNumerical tabulations compiled by government officials and employees of social service agencies int he course of doing their job
- 17Survey ResearchA source of statistical data, can inquire into instances of various behavior but it can also collect information about people's attitudes.
- 18Field researchSociological fieldworkers live with members of deviant groups and become intimately familiar with their lives.
- 19Macro"big picture" view of deivance
- 20Symbolic InteractionismIndividual v. Institutional
- 21ConstructionismBlending of labeling and conflict theories
- 22AnomieLack of an individuals personal norms, values, beliefs and is often referred to as normalness.
- 23Two dimensions of social bond1. Social integration
2. Social regulation - 24Social integregationAttachment to groups and institutions
- 25Social regulationAdherence to the norms and values of society
- 26Types of suicide1. Altruistic
2. Egotistic
3. Anomic - 27AltruisticDeath for the good of the group
- 28EgoisticDeath for the removal of the self either due to lack of ties to others
- 29AnomicDeath for the confounding of self interests and societies norms
- 30NeutralizationDeviants will rationalize behaviors or conditions as okay.
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