SOC 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7,11: Louis Wirth, Marvin Harris, Civil Force
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Deviance: is a violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norm, whether folkways, mores, or codified law. It can be minor like picking your nose in public or as major as committing murder. The one positive contributions of deviance is that it fosters social change. Social control: the regulation and enforcement of norms. The underlying goal of social control is to maintain social order: an arrangement of practices and behaviors on which society"s members base their daily lives. Think of social order as an employee handbook and social control as a manager. Negative sanctions: are punishments for violating norms. Being arrested is a punishment for shoplifting. Positive sanctions: are rewards given for conforming to norms. Ex: promotion at work is a positive sanction for working hard. These both play a role in social control. Formal sanctions: are ways to officially recognize and enforce norm violations. Ex: someone who speaks innaproppriately to their boss may be fired.
