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Deviance

Social Organization Norms and Deviance

Definition Deviance refers to behavior, beliefs, or actions that deviate from the accepted social...

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Cultural Transmission Theory

Social Organization Norms and Deviance

Definition Cultural transmission theory in the context of crime and deviance explains how individ...

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Biological Theories of Deviance

Social Organization Norms and Deviance

Definition Biological theories of deviance are explanations that focus on how biological factors,...

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Behavioral Theories of Deviance

Social Organization Norms and Deviance

Definition Behavioral theories of deviance explain how individuals learn and adopt deviant behavi...

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Anomie and Deviance

Social Organization Norms and Deviance

Definition Anomie theory of deviance, developed by sociologist Émile Durkheim, suggests that devi...

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Social Scripts

Social Interaction

Definition Social scripts in psychology refer to the learned sequences of behaviors that individu...

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Rumor

Social Interaction

Definition In sociology, a rumor is a piece of unverified information that circulates within a gr...

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Nonverbal Social Interaction

Social Interaction

Definition Nonverbal social interaction refers to the way people communicate and connect without ...

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Mass Hysteria

Social Interaction

Definition Mass hysteria, also known as collective hysteria or mass delusion, is a sociological p...

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Fad

Social Interaction

Definition A fad is a temporary and rapidly spreading phenomenon within a culture or society that...

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Ethnomethodology

Social Interaction

Definition Ethnomethodology is a sociological approach that studies how people create and maintai...

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Distance Zones

Social Interaction

Definition Distance zones refer to the invisible boundaries people maintain between themselves an...

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Cooperation as Social Interaction

Social Interaction

Definition Cooperation as social interaction refers to when two or more individuals work together...

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Competition as Social Interaction

Social Interaction

Definition Competition as social interaction refers to the way individuals or groups engage with ...

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Bystander Effect

Social Interaction

Definition    The bystander effect refers to a psychological phenomenon where individuals are les...

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Behavioral Ecology

Social Interaction

Definition Behavioral ecology is a field of study that examines how people behave in relation to ...

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Social Loafing

Social Influence

Definition    Social loafing refers to the phenomenon where individuals exert less effort when wo...

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Scientific Management

Social Influence

Definition Scientific management, developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor in the early 1900s, is an...

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Obedience

Social Influence

Definition Obedience in psychology refers to a behavior where an individual follows the commands ...

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Nature vs Nurture Issue

Health and Society

Definition The nature–nurture issue is a long-standing debate over the relative influence of gene...

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