You're not like us...
the violation of significant norms
what is deviance
Maggie Noonan
What is a Conformist?
People follow social norms when they feel they are this
What is useful and appropriate?
Relatively spontaneous social behavior that occurs when people try to develop common solutions to unclear situations
What is collective behavior?
Artist that painted the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
It isn't always a bad thing! Sometimes a deviant changes the course of American history for the better. Busses and civil rights, ya know?
Who is Rosa Parks?
Person who goes to college but has no career aspirations or plans
What is a ritualist?
What we do to someone who hasn't internalized a normal behavior
What is sanction?
Provide 3 types of collectives
What are crowds, mobs, riots, panics, mass hysteria
First female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This mark of social disgrace is used to keep the deviants away
What is a stigma?
Al Capone
What is an innovator?
Teacher gives a good grade to a student
What is Formal Positive?
Group or Collective. Members share clearly defined and widely understood norms
What is a group?
Collective noun for a group of ravens
What is a murder of ravens
Merton came up with this theory that suggests that when we are faced with a difficult decision regarding social norms, we make one of 5 choices.
What is Strain Theory?
A monk
What is a retreatist?
a business gives a demotion to Johnny
What is Formal Negative?
Group or Collective. Members are united by an awareness of belonging to the group
Collective noun for a group of flamingos
What is a flamboyance of flamingos?
What is the outgrowth of a value, or norm, or the structure of society. Or, just too much pressure!
An anarchist
What is a rebel?
What is Informal Positive?
Group or Collective. Members rarely interact directly
What is a collective?
Collective noun for a group of hedgehogs
What is a prickle of hedgehogs?