Sociology test #2
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- Moral code
- The symbolic system in which behavior takes on the quality of being good or bad.
- Deviant Behavior
- Behavior that fails to conform to the rules or the norms of group in question.
- Internal means of control
- It operates on the individual even in the absence of reactions of others.
- External means of control
- Responses to other peoples behavior that is with rewards are punishments.
- Positive sanctions
- Actions that persuade the individual to act a certain way.
- Negative sanctions
- Actions that discourage individuals from repeating or continuing to act a certain way.
- Formal sanctions
- awarding of a prize or expulsion usually under direct or indirect control.
- Informal positive sanctions
- displays people use to express their approval of one's behavior.
- Informal negative sanctions
- spontaneous displays of disapproval or displeasure.
- formal positive sanctions
- public affairs, rituals, or ceremonies that express social approval of a persons behavior.
- formal negative sanctions
- actions that express institutionalized disapproval of a persons behavior.