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31 Cards in this Set
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Views of Deviance (2)
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1. Norm Violation
2. Social Definition |
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Definition of DB in Norm Violation (2)
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1. behavior violates social norms and view negatively
2. behavior that is inherently deviant |
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Definition of DB in Social Definition
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society decides what is considered deviant
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Questions for Norm Violation (2)
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1. How frequency of Deviance
2. What makes someone deviant |
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Questions for Social Definition (2)
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1. What is define as deviance
2. Who is define as deviant |
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Three Questions of Sociology Deviance
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1. Why are deviant categories created
2. Why engage in deviant behavior 3. Why is deviant label applied? |
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Theories of Social Deviance (2)
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1. Functionalism (Norm Violation)
2. Structuralism (Social Definition) |
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Functions of Deviance (5)
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1. IDs social problems
2. Limits acceptable behavior 3. Increases Social Solidarity 4. Creates Jobs 5. Deviants Reward Conformity |
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Two Studies That Support Creating Deviance
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1. Mattu Man
2. Lynching |
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Mahu Man
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man raised as a woman and was used as an example of what the men in the village should not be like
(example of rewarding conformists) |
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Lynching
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increased souther solidarity during period when blacks were being elected officials (example of social solidarity)
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Criticisms of Funtional Theory (3)
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1. Ignores dysfunctional deviance (cost a lot)
2. Never addresses how much is necessary 3. Logic is circular |
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Theorists of Structalism (3)
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1. Merton
2. Cloward & Ohlin 3. Messner & Rothfeld |
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Merton
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deviance occurs when society advocates common success goals but limits accessibility to to legitimate means
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Cloward & Ohlin
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not everybody can be a criminal, inaccessible to everybody
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Messner & Rothfeld
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deviance is caused by economic institution intrudes on other institutions
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Foundations of American Dream (4)
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1. Individualism
2. Achievement Orientation (winning is everything) 3. Fetishism of money 4. Universalism (goals are universal) |
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Ways Economy Intrudes on Other Institutions (3)
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1. Devaluation of non economic institutions
2. Accommodation to Economy 3. Penetration of Economic Norms |
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Rule Creators
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interested in the content of rules and will achieve new rules by any means
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Rule Enforcers
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not interested in content only in enforcing rule
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Two Objective of Rule Enforcers
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1. Justify why their position exists
2. Gain respect with people they are working with |
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5 Adaptations to Society
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1. Conformists
2. Innovations 3. Ritualists 4. Retreatists 5. Rebels |
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Conformist
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accepts both cultural goals and institutional means
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Innovator
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accepts cultural goals but rejects institutional means
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Ritualist
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rejects cultural goals and sees institutional mean as ends (lives to work)
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Retreatist
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rejects both cultural goals and institutional means (drug addict)
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Rebel
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rejects both goals and means but creates their own goals and means in replacement
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Sociological Imagination
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special awareness of influence of social structures and processes on private experience
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norm
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generally agreed upon rule for appropriate behavior
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correlation
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relationship between variables
(either + or -) |
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causal order
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if A causes B then A comes first
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