C273 WGU - Intro to Sociology Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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C273 WGU - Intro to Sociology Exam
Study Guide with Complete Solutions
Primary group - Answer-small group characterized by intimate, long-term, face-to-face association
and cooperation.
secondary group - Answer-a large and impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific
goal or activit...
Sociological perspective on deviance - Answer✔✔-Look at factors outside of the individual. Look for
social influences that "recruit people" to break the norms. To explain deviance, they apply symbolic
interactionalism, functionalism and conflict theory.
Three Sociological Perspectives on Deviance - Answer✔✔-Differential association theory
Control Theory
Labeling Theory
Differential association theory - Answer✔✔-theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to
number of deviant acts they are exposed to
Control Theory - Answer✔✔-the idea that two control systems- inner controls and outer controls- work
against our tendencies to deviate. This theory is about self control
Labeling Theory - Answer✔✔-The significance of reputations and how they set us up on paths to
deviance or away from it.
Pervert - Cheater - Etc
Strain Theory - Answer✔✔-Merton's theory that deviance occurs when a society does not give all its
members equal ability to achieve socially acceptable goals
Use strain theory to explain why someone may commit the crime of selling drugs - Answer✔✔-Selling
Drugs = Money
Money = Success
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