Deviance

_______ is a behavior that does not follow the social norms.

• Deviance

• Normalcy

• Social Control

• Conformity

_______ are the set of behaviors found to be acceptable by society.

• Deviants

• Social Norms

• Sanctions

True or False. Deviance is easy to identify and describe.

• True

• False

The type of deviance that fails to meet social norms is:

• Positive Deviance

• Negative Deviance

• Juvenile Deviance

• Adolescent Deviance

This type of deviance overconforms and can show signs of perfectionism.

• Positive Deviance

• Negative Deviance

• Adolescent Deviance

• Elderly Deviance

An example of negative deviance when discussing the social norm of being athletic and lean would be when a person is...

• obese

• anorexic

An example of positive deviance when discussing the social norm of being athletic and lean would be:

• Becoming obsessive with weight anorexic

• Not caring about the norm and becoming obese

A person who breaks social norms often is known as a:

• Conformist

• Deviant

• Rule Follower

• Challenger

Ways that people and society try and get people to conform to social norms is known as:

• Social control

• Deviance

• Individuality

• Crime

A part of social control is this: These are meant to reward or punish behaviors to encourage people to conform(follow) the social norms.

• Social sanctions

• Deviant acts

• Deviance