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    concepts. Those concepts are social inequality‚ deviance‚ and subcultures. Social inequality is the social differences that exist whenever one group of people has different access to the rewards a society offers. Deviance is a variation from a set of norms or shared social expectations. Finally‚ subcultures are groups of persons who share in the main culture of a society but also have their own distinctive values‚ norms‚ and lifestyles. Social inequality‚ deviance‚ and subcultures are clearly recognizable

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    SOC 201 – Final Study Sheet This is a study sheet and not an all-inclusive review. A majority of what you need to know is on here but you are also responsible for the materials covered in the readings that we did not discuss in class‚ as well as the films‚ and online articles. I suggest you study the reviews at the end of each chapter in the book‚ and take the practice tests. Good luck! What is the difference between sex and gender? What is sexuality? Sexual orientation? Sex: The biological

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    hypotheses: A) If the amount of commitment to the college goes up will deviance go down?; B) If involvement with the college is increased then does deviance go down?; and C) If a student associates‚ or attaches‚ themselves to deviant peers will deviance be the likely result? These answers will be sought after in this study. However‚ it is important to focus on what results are found in this study as a way to oppose crime and deviance among college students. For example‚ if it is found out that students

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    idea focused on this theory is that society is an intricate unit composed of interconnected parts (Macionis‚ 2008). Durkheim‚ a French sociologist based his work on this theory. He argues that deviance is normal and vital part of any society since it adds to the social order. According to Durkheim‚ deviance fulfills four functions. Clarify Norms. Assertion of cultural Values and norms: witnessing an individual being punished for a deviant action strengthens what a society perceives as unacceptable

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    Conflict theorists view that the underlying causes of crime and deviance are the social‚ political‚ and economic power that manage within our society. In conflict theory‚ deviant behaviours were action that do not conform to the social principles and that there must be some sort of social justice. Karl Marx‚ who generated

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    Chapter 02 Job Performance   True / False Questions   1. Evaluating an employee’s performance based on results alone gives an accurate picture of which employees are worth more to the organization.    True    False   2. Job performance is formally defined as the value of the set of employee behaviors that contribute‚ either positively or negatively‚ to organizational goal accomplishment.     True    False   3. Task performance includes employee behaviors that are directly involved in the transformation

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    believe criminal or deviant behaviors are not because of ones physical characteristic. This essay will mainly focus on the Functionalist and Conflict Theories of crime. Conflict theorist argue that deviance is deliberately chosen‚ and often political in nature‚ where as Functionalist theorist argue that deviance and crime is caused by structural tensions created by social structure. Functionalists argue that people commit crimes because there is something wrong with the society the individual is in‚ and

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    standards and personal conduct of officers that leads to them down the road of the community demanding answers for their behavior. To understand this manner by the organizational leadership‚ they must understand that their different types of deviance. These types of deviance are misfeasance‚ malfeasance‚ and nonfeasance that place these officer’s ethical standard that has been put into questions by the community (Velasquez‚ Andre‚ and Shanks‚ 2017). For misfeasance to take place‚ there must be three

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    Chapter 5 | Socialization Socialization: Lifelong (process) social experience by which people develop their human potential & learn culture Personality: A persons fairly consistent patterns of acting‚ thinking and feeling The social Sciences: The role of Nurture * Psychologist John B Watson developed a theory called behaviorism‚ which holds that behaviour is not instinctive but learned. (Nature not nurture) * Nurture is our nature Studies of non human primates * Psychologist

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    one of us is a brain‚ and an athlete‚ and a basket case‚ a princess‚ and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours‚ the Breakfast Club.” The Breakfast Club is a prime example of deviance for every character in the film is deviant in some way. Both positive and negative deviance‚ as well as the

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