Deviance Recap

Which one is not a purpose deviance serves?

• To set moral boundaries 

• To promote violence 

• To promote social change

• To promote social cohesion

What is Labeling Theory?

• The idea that people at the top control people at the bottom with deviance and make laws in favor of themselves

• The idea that deviance is not inherited but determined by social context and label

• The idea that deviance is learned from peers

• The idea that inaccurate labeling makes that label come true

True or False: Does deviance stay consistent over time & culture

• True

• False

How is deviance used in conflict theory?

• To make a productive change 

• People on top use deviance as a way to control people at the bottom 

• Deviance had nothing to do with conflict theory

• set moral boundaries, promote social change, and promote social cohesion

According to Differential Association, how does an Individual learn deviant behavior?

• Family

• Friends

• Television

• All of the above

The theory that deviance is not inherent in any act, belief, or condition falls under which sociological perspective?

• Conflict Theory

• Postmodernism

• Structural Functionalism

• Symbolic Interactionism

Which of the following is an example of differential association theory

• A student begins cursing at teachers after watching her friends do it

• A student refuses to cheat on the test even though all his peers are pressuring him to

• A student begins reading more after a teacher recommended her a good book

• A student who has always called out in class continues this behavior

Which is an example of conflict theory?

• Students collaborating on a group project 

•  A community working to help elderly residents 

• Poor performing children receiving higher suspension rates than high performing children

• Athletes working together to score a goal

Teacher continuously picks on student X and always says negative things about student X in front of the class. Student X then carries that attitude with and through their other classes, and eventually becomes really susceptible to bullying and conflict. As the school year continues Student X slips into depression and willful defiance toward the teacher who originally picked on them. Which social construct explains this display of deviance?

• Symbolic Interaction, after the teacher kept saying negative things about them, they accepted it and became what was being said. 

• Conflict Theory, said student begins failing on purpose to show the teacher they don’t care in attempt to make the teacher feel less than.

• Structural Functionalism, the student wanted the teacher to feel how they felt, but being purposely defiant and providing resistance. 

• Symbolic Interaction, the family already says the younger sibling gets to do whatever they want so there isn’t any surprise.

Define Self- fulfilling prophecy in deviance

• Following your dreams

• Making a life plan and sticking to it

• Turning an inaccurate label of someone into reality

• Writing something philosophical for others to read and follow