SOC 2070 Chapter Notes -Media Play, Ultimate Power, Moshing
17 Apr 2013
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The deviance dance continues (bereska ch 10 pg. Conformity makes everything easier, if you can still breathe . You have to be deviant if you re going to do anything new . The rst quotation suggests that conforming will make our lives run more smoothly, at the same time, it points out that conformity is restricting. The second quotation suggests that we can achieve innovation and change only if we re willing to risk being thought of as deviant. Objective - focus their spotlight on the act itself, the deviant act exists a priori to the analysis and can be recognized by speci c characteristics such as a negative societal reaction, harm, statistical rarity, or a violation of norms. Overarching positivist interest in explaining the variation in human behaviour. Focus on causation - what males people act in deviant ways. Functionalist, social learning and social control theories.
