SOCL 3501 Chapter : SOCL 3501 Test One
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Deviance: violation of a social norm that elicits a negative reaction, the public doesn"t like it. Incest, cannibalism, etc: context, where/when this is happening, ex. Trapped in the andes cannibalism: sanctions, positive or negative consequences, formal or informal, crime- formal, negative sanction. Informal- gossip, ridicule, body language: formal- keys to cities, rewards, diplomas, must be formal organization. Positivism vs constructionism: positivism, absolutism, deviance is absolutely real; different from conventional behavior, determinism. Economic success: goals are freely available to everyone, everyone is pressured into these ideas, blocked means, tells us how we are supposed to achieve these goals, means aren"t accessible to everyone, ex. Education, good jobs: strain, disjunctive between goals and means, anomie, derkheim, breakdown of social norms, merton definition- pressure to succeed, without having appropriate means. Those who constantly switch major before graduation: retreatism, negative goals and means, not trying to achieve goals or using means, exist within society but don"t participate in it, ex.
