Deviance and Social Norms

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Deviance

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Behavior that departs from societal or group norms

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Negative Deviance

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Behavior that under conforms to accepted norms

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Positive Deviance

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Behavior that over conforms to social expectations

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Violation

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The act of breaking or discarding

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Deviant

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A person who breaks significant societal or group norms

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Stability

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Reliability, resistance to sudden change

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Social Control

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Ways to encourage conformity to society’s norms

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Social Sanctions

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Rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms

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Anomie

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A social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent

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Strain Theory

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The theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them