SOC 0471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Subjectivism, Pineapple, Determinism
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A deviant is anyone who deviates from expected patterns of action. We tend to think of deviants negatively. Serial killers and overachievers are both deviants. Small acts (such as cheating and elevator behavior) are viewed as deviant. Norms: rules of conduct i. e. ) territoriality in an elevator, hot tub, car, etc. (evenly spaced from others in a confined space) There are two types of deviance: lower-consensus deviance, no strong agreement that this is really deviance, examples: pot heads, politicians, walmart, higher-consensus deviance, a strong agreement that this is deviance, examples: murder, robbery. Founding father of the formal sociological study of deviance. Merton looked as deviance as a category of action: No act is inherently deviant: the act itself is not deviant, it is the meaning society gives to it (context) Ver(cid:455) (cid:272)riti(cid:272)al of (cid:862)(cid:373)ai(cid:374)strea(cid:373)(cid:863) de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)(cid:272)e resear(cid:272)h: o(cid:374)l(cid:455) studied (cid:862)po(cid:449)er-less(cid:863) people (cid:449)ho (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it o(cid:271)(cid:448)ious a(cid:272)ts of de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)(cid:272)e.
