SOC 2070- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 77 pages long!)
13 Oct 2017
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Chapter 1 thinking about social & deviance as sin. Certain characteristics make an act or person socially deviant. Characteristics : harm, rarity, reaction (negative, norms. Physical (eg. assault) or psychological (being a bully) How harmful must an act be to make it a deviant act. Harmful, but not deviant (eating fast food, driving a car) Deviant but not harmful (being rude, taking 10 items through express lane) Rare, but not deviant (acts of heroism, lottery) A characteristic of the act (or person) violates behavioural standards/expectations. Who are the moral entrepreneurs : convince people to act morally such as drinking and driving, using marijuana, crime, etc. The act was the same; our perception changed. Iv) moral entrepreneurs such as interest"s groups (madd) The act is the same; our perceptions have changed. Deviance is a phenomenon that violates social norms (objectivist assertion) But, those social norms are a product of social relations (they are socially.
