SOCI 2445 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Social Learning Theory, Domestic Violence, Young Husbands
12 Oct 2018
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SOCI 2445
MIDTERM EXAM
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Fall 2018
Lecture 1: January 10th, 2018
Introduction to social deviance and its role in society
Canadian Values
Multi-Culturalism, right to justice,
Deviant Behaviour
Not confined to people who deviant from the norm, we want to know why people engage in deviant
behaviour why some people assume deviant identity? Deviant is not constant, it is changing, deviant
behaviour in one place may not be deviant behaviour in another place.
Deviant behaviour in corporations, everyday people not just politicians
What is normal behaviour?
People expect Canadians to be polite
Richard Quinney
It’s not you that decides what is normal behaviour, the powerful and elite make the rules of law. Attitudes
and ideas are shaped by the media.
• Powerful and elite that make the rules
• Attitudes and ideas are shaped by the media
• Laws are not made by YOU – made by political parties
• Attitude change towards a lot of things
Demonology – Deviant behaviour (16th century)
Belief in the mystic arts and theology, society being seduced by sorcery (witchcraft). Historically has
been one way of defining people that are different. 2 important classes of people those were elected and
those who were assigned to hell.
Perceiving Deviance as a physiological defect
Any person who has an anatomical or physical impairment (shape of skull, chins, faces). Separate
criminals from non-criminals by the shapes of their head
Cesare Lombroso
Deviant criminals from non-=criminals, describing the shape of their head shape of their jaw etc. Simply
by viewing photographs of their appearance can determine whether their deviant or not
Majority View
Simply statistical, describing anything that varies from the average. I.e. majority of people are left handed
Deviance as pathological behaviour
Pathology – Presence of a disease
Simply means that there is a presence of a disease based on a medical analogy,
Perceived as follows: When the human organism is functioning efficiently they are healthy
When a disease is present, they are deviant. I.e. helping people = non-deviant
Deviance as relativistic behaviour
Rule breaking → Anybody who breaks rules is committing an evil act and the failure to obey group rules
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Deviance Behaviour (Justice System)
Anyone who constitutes a threat to others can be considered a deviant individual, defines person as being
a threat
Lack of consensus
No definitive explanation for deviant behaviour – What is deviant at one point may not be deviant at
another point in time
Jeremy Bentham – graduated from Law School when he was 13. He was a “deviant”
Response to Deviance
• Varies overtime
• Depends on who commits the act and who was harmed by the act
The Perception and the Reality (Keep in Mind)
What is the foundation of a comment, is there any evidence to back it up?
Some rules are only enforced when it results in certain consequences
(General Deterrence) Sending a message out to the public
The hypocrisy when it comes to the Justice System
Deviant Behaviour
Not just dealing with unsavory behaviour, it also relates to acts of genius and people who’ve contributed a
lot to society
Variation overtime
Certain functions both latent and function
Positive functions of deviant behaviour – clarifies social rules, when people do things that are deviant it
helps put things in perspective. Secondly it Tests rules. Challenges their validity.
Positive implications of deviance
1. Deviance provides a safety valve
2. Deviance release tension and provides solidarity
3. Deviance promotes boundary maintenance that helps integrate society
4. Scapegoating (using people to deter the others)
5. Raises the value of conformity
6. Early warning system
7. Protection of rested interests
➢ Variation over time
➢ Degree to which an act
➢ Depends who commits the act
➢ Enforced only in certain consequences
Certain consequences – negative and positive
Negative implications of deviance
1. When a deviant label is applied, they are often cut off from the rest of the group
2. Perceived as dangerous, capable of doing harm to others
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