Chapter 1: Determining Deviance

Question 0

What assumption is made by objectivists?

Answer 0

There is something inherently deviant about a person or behaviour

Question 1

What are the four objectivist criteria for determining deviance?

Answer 1

Statistical rarity, harm, societal reaction, normative violation

Question 2

Folkways

Answer 2

Informal norms; violation results in being perceived as odd

Question 3

Mores

Answer 3

Foundations of morality of a given society within a given time; violation results in being perceived as immoral

Question 4

Absolutist vs relativist view of normative violation

Answer 4

inherent vs. contextual deviance

Question 5

What type of deviance is most likely to be reflected in the laws of society?

Answer 5

High-consensus deviance

Question 6

Dominant moral code

Answer 6

Norms and values shaped by the actions of those in power; foundation for determining deviance

Question 7

Processes of social constructivism

Answer 7

sociocultural (systems of meaning, ideologies), institutional (i.e., education), interactional, individual

Question 8

Three components of social typing

Answer 8

Description (placing a label on an individual due to a percieved/observed characteristic), evaluation (judgements about that person), prescription (attempts to regulate the individual)