CONFORMITY AND DEVIENCE Flashcards
is the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms
CONFORMITY
are implicit, specific rules, shared by a group of individuals, that guide their interactions with others
NORMS
this tendency to conform occurs in small groups and/or society as a whole, and may result from subtle unconscious influences, or direct and overt social pressure
CONFORMITY
may have a negative connotation, the violation of social norms is not always a negative action
DEVIANCE
describes an action or behavior that violates social norms
DEVIANCE
behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards
CONFORMITY
the anticipated behavior to follow
CONFORMITY
is the desire to go along with the norms of a group of people, so you will be accepted as an in-group person
CONFORMITY
departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior
DEVIANCE
a behavior that violates expected rules and norms
DEVIANCE
Variety of Deviance
- The study of why people violates laws or norms
- The study of how society reacts to this violates
was an italian criminologist and physician, founder of the Italian school of Positivist criminology
CESARE LOMBROSO
often referred to as the father of criminology
CESARE LOMBROSO
offered a “side-by-side” formulation of conformity and deviance
ROBERT MERTON
he developed the structural strain theory
ROBERT MERTON
refers to the discrepancies between culturally defined goals and the institutionalized means available to achieve these goals
STRAIN
this theory traces the origins of deviance to the tensions that are caused by the gap between cultural goals and the means people have available to achieve those goals
STRAIN
establishes goals for people
CULTURE
provides (or fails to provide) the means for the people to achieve those goals
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
5 general categories
- Conformity
- Innovation
- Ritualism
- Retreatism
- Rebellion
accepts approved goals, pursues them through approved means
CONFORMITY
accepts approved goals; uses disapproved means
INNOVATION
abandons society’s goals; conforms to approved means
RITUALISM
abandons approved goals and approved means
RETREATISM