SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psychopathy, Copernicus Programme, Drug Culture
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The belief in an inherent difference between deviants and nondeviants relies upon a series of false assumptions, including the assumption that there are qualitative differences between deviants and nondeviants. In fact, all deviant behavior is human behavior, and the same basic processes produce social behavior for both deviants and nondeviants. Just as society creates conventional roles, deviant roles also emerge, and people become socialized to accept and fulfill them. Through group experiences, a human being becomes dependent upon others for human associations, conversation, and social interactions. The effectiveness of social control depends on people developing the ability to behave in a manner consistent with the expectations of others. The required behavior are role prescriptions and they are learned through interactions with others. The diversity of roles in modern society is an important determinant of the extent of social deviation in society. A survey of 41 dancers found that most strippers did not let their dancing powerfully influence their personal identities.
