SOCY 276 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Personal Identity, Relativism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 276
• Professor: Stacey Alarie

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Jan week 1: defining deviance january 7 th and 9 th , 2015 readings: tepperman and. Agenda examples defining deviance universality and complexity 4. Definitions absolutism and relativism key definitional components the importance of. Context typology of deviance the moral enterprise ascribed and achieved deviance. Responsibility identity stigma examples of deviance jan 2, 2004 steve irwin (the. Hunter) brought his son into a crocodile feeding. Taking from the rich and giving to the poor dressing up like a dog and holding hands with a stranger dressed like a rabbit. Saints a complex concept disagreement over a definition among different groups (majority groups, academics, etc. ) Defining deviance by illustration listing behaviours that qualify as deviance the. Statistical approach deviance as behaviour that is statistically rare deviation from the mean deviance as harmful deviance as behaviour with destructive results (i. e. , physical, functional or ontological harm) normativeviolations deviance as departure from established norms (clinardet al.