SOC 100 Exam 2 Purdue 2024/2025
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deviant behavior - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔nonconformity to/violation of a set of
cultural norms
informal deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔minor transgressions of norms
formal deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔crime; violation of norms that have been
codified into law (not all crime is deviant)
______________ can determine what is or is not considered deviant. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔social status
Biological/psychological perspective on deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Caesar
Lombroso observed physical traits of criminals, but non criminals may have
same features
Functionalist perspective on deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Durkheim said
deviance is inevitable & performs useful functions: 1. brings people
together (group solidarity) and 2. force innovation & change
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,collective conscience - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔part of functionalist pov on
deviance; common set of norms & beliefs about how the world works; binds
people together, encourages conformity, defines what is considered
deviant and how it is punished
anomie pertaining to deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sense of aimlessness
when norms no longer strongly guide individual behavior and social life is
no longer predictable
Strain Theory of deviance (Functionalist) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Merton; anomie
and deviance are built into the structure of modern society bc norms do not
match social structure; says that anomie and deviance occur when a
society doesn't give all its members equal means to achieve socially
acceptable goals
when do you feel strain theory - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔when you're unable to
achieve cultural goals through culturally approved means
Differential Association theory of deviance (Symbolic interactionism) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔says deviant behavior is learned through a socialization
process that occurs from associating with others who engage in crime
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, Social Disorganization theory of deviance (Symbolic interactionism) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔says deviance is caused by broad social factors,
particularly disorganization of the social environment; aka "broken
windows" theory; any sign of social disorder leads to more disorder;
zimbardo exp
which theory is known as broken windows - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔social
disorganization theory of deviance
Labeling theory of deviance (Symbolic Interactionism) - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔explains how people define deviance and the role of power in defining
it; says that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people
do as from how other people define their actions; behavior may be tailored
to fit label and see label as true
primary deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the first act of rule-breaking, which may
result in being labeled "deviant" and may influence how people think about
you
secondary deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔acts of rule-breaking that occur after
primary deviance and as a result of a person's new, deviant label
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deviant behavior - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔nonconformity to/violation of a set of
cultural norms
informal deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔minor transgressions of norms
formal deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔crime; violation of norms that have been
codified into law (not all crime is deviant)
______________ can determine what is or is not considered deviant. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔social status
Biological/psychological perspective on deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Caesar
Lombroso observed physical traits of criminals, but non criminals may have
same features
Functionalist perspective on deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Durkheim said
deviance is inevitable & performs useful functions: 1. brings people
together (group solidarity) and 2. force innovation & change
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,collective conscience - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔part of functionalist pov on
deviance; common set of norms & beliefs about how the world works; binds
people together, encourages conformity, defines what is considered
deviant and how it is punished
anomie pertaining to deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sense of aimlessness
when norms no longer strongly guide individual behavior and social life is
no longer predictable
Strain Theory of deviance (Functionalist) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Merton; anomie
and deviance are built into the structure of modern society bc norms do not
match social structure; says that anomie and deviance occur when a
society doesn't give all its members equal means to achieve socially
acceptable goals
when do you feel strain theory - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔when you're unable to
achieve cultural goals through culturally approved means
Differential Association theory of deviance (Symbolic interactionism) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔says deviant behavior is learned through a socialization
process that occurs from associating with others who engage in crime
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, Social Disorganization theory of deviance (Symbolic interactionism) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔says deviance is caused by broad social factors,
particularly disorganization of the social environment; aka "broken
windows" theory; any sign of social disorder leads to more disorder;
zimbardo exp
which theory is known as broken windows - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔social
disorganization theory of deviance
Labeling theory of deviance (Symbolic Interactionism) - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔explains how people define deviance and the role of power in defining
it; says that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people
do as from how other people define their actions; behavior may be tailored
to fit label and see label as true
primary deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the first act of rule-breaking, which may
result in being labeled "deviant" and may influence how people think about
you
secondary deviance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔acts of rule-breaking that occur after
primary deviance and as a result of a person's new, deviant label
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