Sanctions make up a system of social rewards and punishments that act to constrain the individual and maintain social control within a group
a. true
b. false
a
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A university science instructor gives his class opportunity to earn extra credit by participating in experiments at the school. During one of the experiments, a student feels uncomfortable and opts out of the study. She informs her instructor of what happened and he does not award her the extra credit. This is an example of ______.
a. bad teaching b. abuse of power c. deceit d. harm
The colonial laws related to sexual behavior that were differentially applied to white men and black women illustrate ______.
A. racial hierarchy B. white privilege C. systemic genocide D. both "racial hierarchy" and "white privilege"
This theory of deviance proposes that differences in criminal involvement among groups results from their differential definitions of criminality.
A. social disorganization B. culture of poverty C. differential association D. broken windows
The high infant mortality rate in the United States compared with rates in other affluent countries is largely attributed to ______.
A) lack of education B) lack of adequate health care C) harmful lifestyles D) none of these