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| A group's formal and informal means of enforcing its norms. |
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| Either expressions of approval given to people for upholding norms or disapproval for violating norms. |
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| The violation of norms (rules or expectations). |
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| Durkheim's term for a condition in society in which people become detached from the norms that usually guide thier behavior. |
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| Edwin Sutherland's term to indicate that people who associate with certain groups learn an "excess of definitions" of deviance, increasing the likelihood that they will become deviant |
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| The view that the labels that people are given affect their behavior into either deviance or conformity. |
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| Which sociologist devised the concept of differential association? |
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| When someone acts according to others' perceptions about that person this is called: |
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| Self-fullfilling prophecy. |
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| When the rules and norms of behavior are confused, sociologists call this an: |
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| Muir's study of rugby players was designed to learn: |
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| Lombroso stated that criminals could be identified by: |
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