1. What is deviance?
What items on the inventory you just completed might be considered deviant?

2. Deviance Behavior that departs from societal or group norms.
Ranges from criminal behavior to wearing too much make-up
Deviance is not always easy to identify

3. Why might some of the items on the inventory be considered deviant?
Explain why it might be considered deviant and be able to state the norm that is violated.
Skipped school?
Ran Away?
Driven a car without being legally licensed?
Driven a car while under the influence of
alcohol or other drugs?
Been on probation or expelled from school?
Defied your parents’ authority?
Stolen items worth less than $2
Stolen items worth from $2 to $50?
Stolen items worth more than $50?
Drank beer, wine, or liquor?
Smoked marijuana?
Used amphetamines (uppers, speed)?
Used cocaine?
Had a hangover?
Been so drunk that you couldn’t remember
the next day things you did or said?
Cheated on an exam or class assignment?
Driven faster than the speed limit allowed?
Been arrested as a juvenile?
Purposely damaged public property?

4. What other types of behavior constitute deviant behavior? Brainstorm.

5. What other types of behavior constitute deviant behavior?
Prostitution
Drug addiction
Radical political beliefs
crime
These are very common answers to the question in society. What are some not-so- common answers?

6. What other types of behavior constitute deviant behavior?
Liars
Career women
Democrats
Reckless drivers
Atheists
Christians
Suburbanites
The retired
Card players
Bearded men
Priests
Pacifists
Hippies
Prudes
Divorcees
Perverts
Know-it-alls
Republicans

7. Deviance can be… POSITIVE NEGATIVE Involves over- conformity to norms
Leads to imbalance
Idealizes group norms
EX: taking the American ideal of being thin to the extreme of anorexia
NEGATIVE
Behavior that fails to meet expected norms
Rejects norms
Misinterprets norms
Unaware of norms

8. Minor instances of behavior that some might consider deviant occur frequently in modern societies. For that reason, sociologists generally reserve the term deviance for violations of significant social norms.

9. Reactions to deviance are usually negative and involve attempts to change or control the behavior.

10. SOCIAL CONTROL: ways to promote conforming to norms two kinds: 1) internal controls 2) external controls

11. Internal social controls
Lies within the individual
Developed during socialization process
Typically guided by morals
Norms become internalized

12. External controls Based on social sanctions
Rewards and punishments designed to encourage desired behavior
Positive + : prizes, rewards, promotions, smiles
Negative - : criticism, fines, prison
Formal sanctions: jail, low grades, official awards
Informal sanctions: ridicule, gossip, smiles