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MORES

means “the most respected andsacred custom”.

DEVIANCE

The violation of social norms.

 LABELLING THEORY – it states how members of society label others whether they are deviant or not. People label others as deviant when they defy or do not conform to social norms.

GOSSIP- or talking behind someone’s back and spreading rumors.

LAWS – are formal codes of conduct that are met with negative sanctions (punishment) when violated.

Members of society react to strains in five different ways:

1. Conformity – Individuals still accept cultural goals and try to achieve them through culturally approved methods.

2. Innovation – Individuals will accept cultural goals but go about in achieving it in disapproved way.

3. Ritualism – Individuals still live in society and follow its culturally approved ways but they no longer try to achieve cultural goals.

4. Retreat – Individuals no longer desire to achieve cultural goals and have abandoned the culturally approved ways of achieving those goals.

5. Rebellion – Individuals challenge the existing culturally accepted goals by coming up with a new one and also challenge the prescribed means in achieving cultural goals.