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Definitions
Who's that Sociologist?
Theories
The Life of a Deviant
Social Functions of Deviance
100
Behavior that violates significant norms
What is deviance
100
Father of the strain theory.
What is Robert K. Merton.
100
Views deviance as the natural outgrowth of the values norms and structure of society.
What is strain theory.
100
What is the relationships a person has with deviant and nondeviant individuals called?
What is differential association.
100
What is it called when the punishment of people who violate the norms serves as a reminder of the norms that guide social life?
What is clarifying norms.
200
A mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society.
What is stigma
200
Conflict theorist who labeled any threats to to the ruling class as deviant.
What is Richard Quinney.
200
Explains deviance as a natural occurrence, but focuses on why people conform rather than the causes of deviance.
What is control theory.
200
What occurs when a person suspends their moral beliefs to commit deviant acts?
What is techniques of neutralization.
200
What is it called when the line is drawn between conforming members of society and the outsiders?
What is unifying the group.
300
The social scientists who study criminal behavior.
What is criminologist
300
Control theorist who identified the four ways people develop social bonds.
What is Travis Hirschi
300
Explains deviance as a learned behavior.
What is cultural transmission theory.
300
What is nonconformity (deviance) that goes unnoticed by those in authority?
What is primary deviance.
300
When large amounts of people violate a particular norm it indicates that something in society needs to be changed. What is this promoting?
What is promoting social change.
400
The situation that arises when the norms of society are unclear or no longer acceptable.
What is anomie.
400
Proposed the concept of differential association.
What is Edwin Sutherland.
400
Instead of focusing on why people perform a deviant act, the focus is on how individuals come to be identified as deviant.
What is labeling theory.
400
When a person is labeled as deviant and accepts the label as true it is called..?
What is secondary deviance.
400
What is it called when an individual commits minor acts of deviance to relieve stress?
What is diffusing tension.
500
Where in individual is denounced, found guilty, or labeled deviant in a public event.
What is degradation ceremony.
500
Labeled the degradation ceremony.
What is Harold Garfinkel.
500
What does deviance do for a wide range of people? Hint: judges, lawyers, police officers, etc.
What is providing jobs.