SOCL 3501 Quiz: Test 1 (got 93% on the test)
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Deviance-a violation of a social norm that elicits a negative reaction. More than being different, being common or uncommon, being harmful. People of society with a lot of money and power. They are relative & vary from group to group and vary over time. It goes unsaid and you just pick it up. Tells us what to expect from other people and what they can expect from us. A violation of a norm throws it all off, we don"t know what to do next, hence the awkward feeling. Can be etiquette (manners), side of the road you drive on, elevator behavior, etc. Both are determined by each society as to which is more acceptable. Murder, self defense, honor killing, death penalty, morals. So serious we don"t want to even think about them much less talk about them. Every culture says who someone can and can"t have sex with. Can be incest, eating humans to stay alive, inheritance, political.
