SOCL 3501 Chapter : Deviance 1 21 14 And 1 23 14
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Deviance: the violation of a social norm that elicits a negative reaction. (textbook definition: social norms are the rules that govern our public behavior. The community/group makes these norms based on what there culture sees as acceptable and normal. What people expect from us and what we expect from other people. When people violate these norms it can make you uncomfortable and can even get one in trouble. Norms and deviance are relative(always changing) they vary over time and space. Kind of norms -v: folkways: these are etiquette based norms like holding the door, not belching at the dinner table, etc. Ex: murder vs. homicide(judged by whether there is intent and justification: taboos: (actually a category of moreys) very serious moreys. Every society has an incest taboo but they are viewed differently and it changes from place to place and over time. Another example would be cannibalism within the human race: sanctions: the responses to violations of social norms.
