Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Sports Game, Group Dynamics, Operant Conditioning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Perspectives on deviance: differential association, labelling theory, and strain theory. When norm is violated, it"s referred to as deviance. Not negative, just individuals behaving differently from what society feels is normal: ex. most americans eat meat, but someone who"s vegetarian is deviant. The theory of differential association states that deviance is a learned behavior that results from continuous exposure to others that violate norms and laws learn from observation of others. Rejects norms/values and believes new behavior as norm: relationships a person forms are very important if strong relationship to someone deviant, more likely to learn deviance than someone not. Labeling theory a behavior is deviant if people have judged the behavior and labelled it as deviant. Ex. steroids can be labelled as deviant and wrong by those who think so: primary deviance no big consequences, reaction to deviant behavior is very mild.