SOCIOL 2CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Auguste Comte, Grandtheft, Intensify

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 2CC3
• Professor: Dr. Shaw

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Sociological def of deviance: anything that causes us to view another as (cid:858)outsider [ ] other [ ] differe(cid:374)t(cid:859) Deviance & the supernatural supernatural perspectives of deviance are universal- belief in unforeseen forces found in all cultures throughout history remain today in secular west in areas high in religious consciousness e. g. bible belts - small & rural towns. 1980s & (cid:859)90s moral panics in us & canada. England - anglo-saxon pop unhealthy crimean & wwi: poor constitutions, i(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:272)ilit(cid:455) & insanity. Other early theories - physiognomy (cid:858)s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:859) of judging i(cid:374)ds(cid:859) character by facial features theory popular during 18th-19thc. 3 distinct body types linked with behavioural dispositions (i) asthenic-ectomorph skinny, frail & weak introspective, sensitive, nervous (ii) athletic/mesomorph: muscular, hard, rectangular. 6 restless, energetic, insensitive (iii) pyknic-endomorph short & round easy going, sociable, self-indulgent. Klinefelter extra x chromosome in males (xxy) 1963 study by jacobs at al: max-security prison in scotland.