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In the United States, corporate entities that allow undocmented workers to take jobs in factories face minimal consequences from the government when their hiring practice of workers without legal status is discovered.  However, the consequences for those workers are much more severe.  The reason is relative to one’s structural position of power.  An undocumented worker has no protection from the U.S. government whereas a wealthy owner of a corporation behind a factory like a poulty plant has citizenship, money, and connections to other powerful people to defend against any legal action.  This represents which theoretical framework?

Emile Durkheim argued that deviance and/or criminal behavior is a functional and necessary part of society.

Age-appropriate sex education in K-12 grade levels would represent a form of ________ or preparation for future roles as adults who will engage in sexual behavior and develop sexual identities. 

Picking your nose in public may lead to some disapproving looks or comments like “you’re gross.”  They represent social control through the use of formal sanctions for offensive behavior. 

Family and peer groups are considered institutional agents of socialization. 

Deviance is known as behavior that is different than the general standards of conduct in society.

In the process of ________, old behaviors that were helpful in a previous role are removed because they are no longer of use. In the new environment, the old rules no longer apply.

We learn from labeling theory that no human behavior is naturally good or bad because it is always relative to societal reaction to it.

A major criticism for biological explanations for gender is the claim that biology ignores cultural and historical variability among men and women such as the role of power. 

Gender refers to physical or physiological differences between males and females.