SOCI 2445 Study Guide - Social Learning Theory, Social Disorganization Theory, Begging

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 2445
• Professor: Darryl Davies

Document Summary

Positivist perspective has 3 assumptions about what deviance is: social structure. Anomie-strain theory, social learning theory, and the control theory. People sacrifice themselves for the group, gang etc. Anomic suicide system and thus commits suicide. Break down in social organization, the person rejects norm of (anomie-strain theory) robert k merton. You try to achieve success in acceptable ways. The means and goals are critical here are his 5 modes of adaptation: conformity. : accept the norms, means and goals most common. Buy into the notion to succeeded you need to abide by social means and: innovation. : you accept the goal but not the means (substitute own means) Thieves, criminals, strippers and get rich quick schemes, etc: ritualism. : accept the means but reject the goals (given up on the goals) People participate in goal attainment but aren"t interested in success. : don"t accept means or goals least common. They tend to withdraw from both norms: rebellious and means.