SOCL 3501 : SOCL TEST 1
Document Summary
Usually formalized into the law: homicide & murder, the law differentiates the 2. Absolutism: deviance absolutely real, different from conventional behavior. Determinism: to some extent, our behavior is determined by forces outside the individual. Relativism: norms are relative/ change over time, has to be defined good/bad. Subjectivism: look at deviance from the perspective of the actor, context for the relativity of it is deviant or not. Voluntarism: idea of free will, people act voluntarily, ex: person kills partner for beating her and the other one walks away from the partner, counterculture is an opposition. Modes of adaption/ deviance in response to strain. Success goal: society tells us what we are trying to achieve, standard success goals, economic success. Blocked means: appropriate means of succeeding education and jobs. Strain: striving to reach the goal but don"t have the same means to achieve it.
