Deviance

What is deviance?

• Change in a society created through social movements as well as through changes in the environment

• The recognized violation of social norms

• The idea that conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions

• Interpreting someone's past in light of present deviance

Which of the following is true concerning deviant behavior?

• Primary deviance usually leads to secondary deviance.
• What is considered deviant in one society may not be considered deviant in another society.
• Deviant behavior is also illegal behavior.
• Adults learn deviant behavior more quickly than children.

The process by which a norm becomes part of an individual's personality

• internalization
• sanction
• social control
• recidivism

Term that refers to rewards or punishments used to enforce conformity to norms

• corrections
• sanctions
• social controls
• anomies

Sociologists call an action that rewards a certain kind of behavior a(n)

• internalization
• anomie
• positive sanction
• formal sanction

A reward or punishment given by a regulatory agency, a school, a business, or government is a(n)

• internalization

• anomie

• informal sanction

• formal sanction

The enforcing of norms through either internal or external means is called

• internalization
• anomie
• sanction
• social control

Getting a cupcake from mommy for being such a sweet little boy/girl

• formal positive sanction

• formal negative sanction

• informal positive sanction

• informal negative sanction

Receiving a certificate from the school for being awarded "student of the month"

• Formal positive sanction

• Formal negative sanction

• Informal positive sanction

• Informal negative sanction

Getting yelled at by the principal for running in the hallway.

• Formal positive sanction

• Formal negative sanction

• Informal positive sanction

• Informal negative sanction