SOCL 3501 : Exam 1
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1/19/2016 5:31:00 pm: violation of a social norm that elicits a negative reaction. Norms: rules that govern our social behavior, exist on a continuum, two different types, folkways, trivial norms, important but they govern minor behavior, etiquette, keep our interactions moving smoothly, example: Elevator violations: mores, serious violations, when these are violated it makes us start to question a persons true nature, example. Murder: relativity, all homicide is not murder, all murder is homicide, taboos. Incest: sexual relations with a direct family member, all societies have an incest taboo but not all societies define it in the same degree, relativity. Cannibalism: eating human flesh, the law=formalized norms. Sanctions: consequences/rewards= social control, can be, positive, negative, formal, informal. Positivism-application of scientific method to the study of something: better for high consensus=laws made against deviance, quantitative, absolutism, deviance is absolutely real. Different from conventional behavior: determinism, our behavior to some extent is determined by forces outside of the individual (social forces)
