Chapter 5 SPMT 304
norm - correct answer ✔shared expectation that people use to identify what
is acceptable and unacceptable in a social world
deviance - correct answer ✔occurs when a person's ideas, traits, or actions
are perceived by others to fall outside the normal range of acceptance in a
society
formal norms - correct answer ✔Are official expectations that take the form
of written rules or laws
informal norms - correct answer ✔customs or unwritten, shared
understandings of how a person is expected to think, appear, and act in a
social world
formal deviance - correct answer ✔violation of an official rule or law, and is
punished by official sanctions administered by people in positions of authority
informal deviance - correct answer ✔violation of an unwritten custom or
shared understanding, and is punished by informal sanctions administered by
observers or peers
studying deviance in sports presents challenges for four reasons - correct
answer ✔1. the types and causes of deviance in sports are so diverse that no
single theory can explain them all.
2. actions accepted in sports may be defined as deviant in sports
3. Deviance in sports often involves overconformity to norms, rather than
rejecting or not conforming to them
, 4. training and performance in sports are based on such new forms of science
and tech that people haven't developed norms to guide and evaluate much of
what occurs today in sports
absolutist approach to deviance - correct answer ✔assumes that social
norms are based on essential principles that constitute an unchanging
foundation for identifying good and evil and distinguishing right from wrong. all
norms represent ideals
constructionist approach - correct answer ✔assumes that deviance occurs
when ideas, traits, and actions fall outside the socially determined boundaries
that people use to determine what is acceptable and unacceptable in a society
or social world
Constructionist approach emphasizes the following six points - correct
answer ✔1. norms are socially constructed as people interact with each other
and use their values to determine a range of acceptable ideas, traits, and
actions
2. deviance is socially constructed as people negotiate the boundaries of their
acceptance
3. the process of negotiating normative boundaries and the range of social
acceptance is influenced by power relations in a society or social world.
4. Most ideas, traits, and actions in a social world fall into a normally accepted
range.
5. deviant underconformity consists of subnormal ideas, traits, and actions
that indicate a rejection of norms or ignorance about their existence
6. deviant overconformity consists of supranormal ideas, traits, and actions
that indicate an uncritical acceptance of norms and a failure to recognize any
limits to following norms
norm - correct answer ✔shared expectation that people use to identify what
is acceptable and unacceptable in a social world
deviance - correct answer ✔occurs when a person's ideas, traits, or actions
are perceived by others to fall outside the normal range of acceptance in a
society
formal norms - correct answer ✔Are official expectations that take the form
of written rules or laws
informal norms - correct answer ✔customs or unwritten, shared
understandings of how a person is expected to think, appear, and act in a
social world
formal deviance - correct answer ✔violation of an official rule or law, and is
punished by official sanctions administered by people in positions of authority
informal deviance - correct answer ✔violation of an unwritten custom or
shared understanding, and is punished by informal sanctions administered by
observers or peers
studying deviance in sports presents challenges for four reasons - correct
answer ✔1. the types and causes of deviance in sports are so diverse that no
single theory can explain them all.
2. actions accepted in sports may be defined as deviant in sports
3. Deviance in sports often involves overconformity to norms, rather than
rejecting or not conforming to them
, 4. training and performance in sports are based on such new forms of science
and tech that people haven't developed norms to guide and evaluate much of
what occurs today in sports
absolutist approach to deviance - correct answer ✔assumes that social
norms are based on essential principles that constitute an unchanging
foundation for identifying good and evil and distinguishing right from wrong. all
norms represent ideals
constructionist approach - correct answer ✔assumes that deviance occurs
when ideas, traits, and actions fall outside the socially determined boundaries
that people use to determine what is acceptable and unacceptable in a society
or social world
Constructionist approach emphasizes the following six points - correct
answer ✔1. norms are socially constructed as people interact with each other
and use their values to determine a range of acceptable ideas, traits, and
actions
2. deviance is socially constructed as people negotiate the boundaries of their
acceptance
3. the process of negotiating normative boundaries and the range of social
acceptance is influenced by power relations in a society or social world.
4. Most ideas, traits, and actions in a social world fall into a normally accepted
range.
5. deviant underconformity consists of subnormal ideas, traits, and actions
that indicate a rejection of norms or ignorance about their existence
6. deviant overconformity consists of supranormal ideas, traits, and actions
that indicate an uncritical acceptance of norms and a failure to recognize any
limits to following norms
