Chapter 7 Section 1 Deviance and Social Control

1. Chapter 7 Section 1Deviance and Social Control By: Nick Green Mike Kieca Lucyna Mazik Jackie Romano Jeff Sta Maria Ashley Toro

2. Deviance • Refers to behavior that departs from societal or group norms • Violates norms depending on culture • Either negative or positive • NOT A VALUE JUDGEMENT

3. Negative Deviance • Involves behavior that underconforms to accepted norms • Reject norms, misinterpret the norms, or are unaware of the norms • Examples: • People who are obese • Students who fail classes

4. Positive Deviance • Involves behavior that over conforms to social expectation. • Leads to imbalance and extremes of perfection. • Examples: • People who are anorexic • Students who stress out if they don’t get 100%

5. Deviant • Person who breaks significant societal or group norms. • Example: A person dressing flashy and in bright colors at a funeral.

6. Social Control • Ways to encourage conformity to societies norms. • 2 broad types of social control: • Internal Social Control • External Social Control

7. Internal Social Control • Doing something because its right • Not doing something because its wrong • Internalization: • following your conscience based on your personal beliefs and morals

8. External Social Control • Doing something based on what others think • Social sanctions: rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms • Positive sanctions- used to encourage conformity; ex: awards, job promotions, smiles of approval • Negative sanctions- intended to stop socially unaccepted behaviors; ex. Criticism, fines, imprisonment