SOCL 3501 Lecture : SOCIOLOGY 3501 Notes FOR FIRST HALF OF SUMMER 2012
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Deviance = violation of the social norm. Social norm = tells us what we can and cannot do. Standards of public behavior: folkways = observed edicit, mores = more serious norms, similar to morals. Taboos = special type of mores, the things we do not want to think about (example: incest) * norms are relative: example: concept of homicide not all forms of homicide are a murder. * positive = a smile, a wave or saying yeah good. * negative = saying, i don"t like this. Positive formal example = awards, rewards, and metals. Positivist vs. constructionist => one approach is not superior to the other. They ask different questions and use different methods. (seperated on. Positivist: apply the scientific method to the study of deviance. Absolutism: deviance is real and different from conventional behavior. (it can be measured and explained) Approach it in a scientific way (reduce things down)
