Deviance

Students in George’s sixth-grade class avoid him because they know his father is in prison for auto theft. This is an example of

• deviance.

• rebellion.

• labeling with a stigma.

• attachment.

Which of the following is true about deviance?

• Deviance can only affect society in negative ways.
• Some societies have eliminated deviance altogether.
• It is easy to identify deviant behavior.
• Ideas of deviance can change from one social context to another.

Theory focuses on how individuals come to be labeled as a deviant

• Becker's Interactionist Theory

• Hirchi's Social Control Theory

• Durkheim's Functionalist theory

• Differential Association Theory

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

• corrections
• sanctions
• social controls
• anomies

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

• social control

• positive sanction

• conformity

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

• internalization
• anomie
• sanction
• social control

Which sociological perspective studies the role of deviance in the functioning and stability in society?

• Durkheim's Functionalism

• Durkheim's Structuralism

• Positive deviance

• Hirschi's social control theory

The basic elements of social bonds are attachment, commitment, ________________,   and belief.  

• Growth
• Involvement
• Deviance
• Sacrifice

The roles of deviance according to Durkheim's functionalist theory are:

• Involvement, attachment, beliefs, commitments.

• Affirming norms, values and morals; unifying people; promoting social change.

• To allow society to function.

• Deviance occurs as peoples bond to society are weak or broken.