Social Deviance Pop Quiz 1

sociology

study of society

Durkheim

Father of sociology

Social facts

based on social structure, institutions, etc.

W.E.B Du Bois

Identity and self-esteem impacted by distribution of resources

Max Weber

Norms & values in modern society historically rooted in Protestant ethics

Statistical deviance (Clinard)

Deviance as a rare behavior or statistical minority

Absolutist (Clinard)

Deviance as violation of universal cultural standards/contract

Reactivist (clinard)

Deviance as something that a specific social audience labels as deviant

Normative (clinard)

Deviance as departure from norms that society views as not normal and may cause negative sanctions

Adler’s definiton

when we speak of deviance, we refer to violations of social norms

Becker Definition

the product of transaction that takes place between some social group and one who is viewed by that group as a rule-breaker

Erikson definition

the deviant person is a person whose activities have moved outside the margins of the group…when the community calls him to account for that vagrant it is making a statement about the nature and placement of its boundaries

folkway (norm)

traditional/etiquette

mores (norm)

social morals

laws (norm)

social sanctions