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What is the term used to describe textual representations of facial expressions, often used in e-mail messages?

Understand the concept of differential association theory and its explanation for deviant behavior.
Recognize the role of social and personal factors in the effectiveness of social control mechanisms.
Explore the effects of societal reaction (labeling) on individuals’ identities and behaviors.
Understand the complexities involved in the reactions to norm or rule violations and their consequences.

Definitions:

Conflict Theorist

A social scientist who studies the ways in which different groups in society struggle for power, often focusing on issues of inequality, discrimination, and social change.

A Functionalist

Pertains to a perspective in sociology that views society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidity and stability.

Gender Identity

An individual's personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth.

Cisgenderism

The societal assumption that every person's gender identity corresponds with their sex assigned at birth, marginalizing those who identify outside of this binary.

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