Social control carried out casually by people through such means as laughter, smiles, and ridicule is known as
A. neutralization.
B. conformity.
C. informal social control.
D. formal social control.
C. informal social control.
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__________ can be relatively benign, as a quiet sense of superiority or cultural disapproval, or it can be aggressive, as when people try to impose their values on others by force
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Most Hispanic American families are
A) Nuclear B) Polygamous C) Democratic by age and gender D) Extended
Concentrated poverty – worse health care, lower nutrition, less-educated parents, more frequent moves, weaker preschool skills, and often limited English skills – characterizes
A) The vast majority of intensely segregated Black and Latino schools B) The vast majority of intensely segregated Black, but not Latino, schools C) The vast majority of intensely segregated Latino, but not Black, schools D) Only a minority of intensely segregated Latino and Black schools
According to this theoretical perspective, power, or the lack of it, determines the type of deviance one is likely to commit
a) postmodernist theory b) power theory c) Marxist theory d) social reality theory