SOC 1101 Lecture : 4. Deviance.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Liam Kilmurray

Document Summary

Deviance: behaviour that violates the standards of conduct or explanations of a group or society. Going against the groups values and it is harmful to the group in some way. Deviant: person whose behaviour is viewed as typically rule-violating (bully) Margin of tolerance: extent to which the commission of an act that is normally disapproved of, escapes censure. Deviantizing: the power to define what is acceptable and what is deviant. Stigma: a label used to devalue members of a certain group in society. Identifier: visible sign that suggest membership in a particular social role or group. Social distance: lack of closeness in social interaction; degree of separateness between an individual and the group. Self-fulfilling prophecy: tendency of people to respond to and act on the basis of stereotypes, leading to validation of definitions. Deviance requires 2 parts: some action/condition on the part of the deviant, a negative response from the group.