SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Urban Planning, Differential Association, Anomie
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Sociological theories are a set of general propositions that explain social phenomenon. Sociological theories are never perfect : wil never find a theory that explains social deviance in its entirety, when writing assignments also look for things that don"t explain the theory (strengths and weaknesses) Can separate most sociological theories into two groups: objective, subjective. Can also be a mixture of the two known as a hybrid. Common sense believe that everyone knows this about deviance: deviance = particular characteristics of an act or a person. Everybody knows its deviant, just look at the behaviour : don"t need an explanation as the explanation is apart of the act itself. Norms: a reoccurring pattern of social behaviour (i. e. , going to class every tuesday) Examples: theories of domestic violence, bullying, racism, mental illness, drug use etc. Deviant behaviour is harmful: physical or psychological (objectivist would say both, theory holds up in cases of extreme harm, less in a bit of harm (ex.
