CONFORMITY AND DEVIENCE Flashcards

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is the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms

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CONFORMITY

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are implicit, specific rules, shared by a group of individuals, that guide their interactions with others

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NORMS

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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

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CONFORMITY

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may have a negative connotation, the violation of social norms is not always a negative action

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DEVIANCE

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describes an action or behavior that violates social norms

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DEVIANCE

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behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards

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CONFORMITY

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the anticipated behavior to follow

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CONFORMITY

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is the desire to go along with the norms of a group of people, so you will be accepted as an in-group person

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CONFORMITY

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9
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departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior

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DEVIANCE

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10
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a behavior that violates expected rules and norms

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DEVIANCE

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Variety of Deviance

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  1. The study of why people violates laws or norms
  2. The study of how society reacts to this violates
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was an italian criminologist and physician, founder of the Italian school of Positivist criminology

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CESARE LOMBROSO

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13
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often referred to as the father of criminology

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CESARE LOMBROSO

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14
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offered a “side-by-side” formulation of conformity and deviance

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ROBERT MERTON

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he developed the structural strain theory

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ROBERT MERTON

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refers to the discrepancies between culturally defined goals and the institutionalized means available to achieve these goals

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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

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establishes goals for people

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provides (or fails to provide) the means for the people to achieve those goals

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SOCIAL STRUCTURE

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5 general categories

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  1. Conformity
  2. Innovation
  3. Ritualism
  4. Retreatism
  5. Rebellion
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accepts approved goals, pursues them through approved means

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CONFORMITY

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accepts approved goals; uses disapproved means

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INNOVATION

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abandons society’s goals; conforms to approved means

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abandons approved goals and approved means

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RETREATISM

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challenges approved goals and approved means
REBELLION
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a person who conforms to accepted behavior or established practices
CONFORMISTS
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a person who do not believe in the established cultural goals of society, but they do believe in and abide by the means for attaining those goals
RITUALIST
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are those individuals that accept the cultural goals of society
INNOVATORS
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who reject both the cultural goals and the accepted means of attaining those goals
RETREATIST
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they are not only reject both the established cultural goals and the accepted means of attaining those goals
REBELS
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they substitute new goals and new means of attaining these goals
REBELS
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explains why people's behavior clashes with social norms
LABELING THEORY
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holds that deviance is not inherent to an act, but instead focuses on the tendency of majorities
LABELING THEORY
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holds that deviance is not inherent to an act, but instead the results of the externally-imposed label of "deviant"
LABELING THEORY
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takes the view that people become criminals when labeled as such and when they accept the label as a personal identity
LABELING THEORY
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developed by Travis Hirschi
SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY
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according to this theory, people care about what others think of them and conform to social expectations
SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY
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this thoery also suggests that most people probably feel some impulse towards deviant behavior
SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY