SOCI 2445 Study Guide - Final Guide: Early Warning System, Labeling Theory, Brown Hair

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Be(cid:272)ke(cid:396)"s outside(cid:396)s: (cid:1006) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g: one who cannot be trusted to follow by the rules set in place by norms, the rule-(cid:271)(cid:396)eake(cid:396) (cid:373)a(cid:455) feel his judges a(cid:396)e outside(cid:396)s as he does(cid:374)"t (cid:448)ie(cid:449) his actions as deviant or wrong. Its more a study of outsiders in general. Pathology: presence of a disease, unhealthy, born this way. Physiological: defects in human anatomy, example head shape, eyes, deformed body, somatotypes. Relativistic: deviance is the failure to obey rules. Deviance as a dangerous behavior: people constitute a threat to others in society, people are feared sometimes due to their ethnicity or their roots (location) Deviance is the product of a process which involves the responses of other people to the behaviour. Clarifies rules, tests them and their validity. Alternative means of achieving goals: ex sugar daddies to become rich. Provides a safety valve to let out anger. Releases tensions and enforces solidarity: more extreme behavior=higher group solidarity.