SOC212H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Intellectual Disability, The Bell Curve, Tattletales
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Week 1 introduction to the course: chapter 1: issues in the study of deviance. Chapter 1: issues in the study of deviance. Deviant activities are often hidden and misrepresented; their concealed nature invites. T e x t b o o k n o t e s us to become detectives who uncover, describe and explain them. Some deviant activities can be fascinating and not much different from their media images. Living (in our heads) the apparently more exciting or interesting lives of others. Investigating other people and discovering our lives are more fascinating. Indirect way of coping with our forbidden urges: reform. To make changes in a practice in order to improve it. Sometimes it"s a personal interest: personal knowledge may provoke the desire to know more about the causes and cures. Being knowledgeable on the tactics of deviants, it can make us feel wiser and safer: understanding oneself and others.
