SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Roman Calendar, Reward System, Cognitive Dissonance
1 Aug 2018
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Deviance: acts, beliefs, and characteristics that violate major social norms and attract, or are lik condemnation, stigma, social isolation, censure, and/or punishment by relevant audiences. If you go against these norms you will suffer some type of punishment/sanctions. Usually if you deviate from the social norms but it is seen as acceptable than you are not don"t want to be like everyone else. What is considered deviant is determined by the audience in the setting, historical contex. It matters the degree; even the most black and white thinkers have a continuum of in which is considered serious or not. We all engage in some type of deviance (not holding th your mouth open) --> end of the continuum is considered extreme = part of. Norms: are the unstated, unwritten, and non-articulated rules of behaviour that individuals hav avoid appearing deviant. The origins of norms are often difficult to uncover, given that they emerge through some processes.
