SOC 2010: EXAM 2
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definitions of deviance come from?
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culture, historical, and situational norms
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deviant is what type of judgement?
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social not moral
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what is the function of deviance in functionalism
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help clarify moral boundaries and promote social cohesion
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structual strain theory
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in an unequal society the tension between socially approved goals and a person ability to achieve these goals through socially approved means will lead to deviance
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innovators
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accept society goals but not means in achieving them
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ritualists
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give up on societies goals but still don't break law
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rebels
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reject societies goals and means and create own goals and means
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retreatist
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rejectn goals and means
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conflict theory thoughts on deviance
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those with less power are more likely to be criminalized than those at the top
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social control
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norms rules and laws used to regulate behavior
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differienatl association theory
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we learn to be deviant from interactions with others who break the rules
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Labeling Theory
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behaviors are only deviant when society labeles them this way
-deviance doesn't exist outside of the context in which it is embedded
-nothing is inherently deviant
**If we eliminated labels we wouldn't have deviance**
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self fulfilling prophecy
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labels may cause individuals to act more deviant as a result of the label
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primary secondary teriary deviance
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1- thing that gets labeled (drug use)
2- a deviant idenity or career(RECOGNITION THEY ARE ADDICTS)
3- rejects deviance and redefines it as normal
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ex of self fulfilling prophecy
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police see black inner city as deviant so they are more likely to be looked at and get arrested
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Stigma
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Widespread negative perceptions of and prejudice toward a specific group of people such as those with mental illness.
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three types of stigma
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physical
tribal
moral
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passing
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presenting yourself as not apart of sigmatized group
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in group orientation
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group that reject standards that sees their group as deviant
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outsiders
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those labeled as deviant
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Deviant identities... deviance avowal
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process by which an individual self identifies as deviant and initiates her own labeling process.
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crime rates
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just because they are higher in a certain class doesn't mean more crime is being committed
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desistance
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aging out of crime
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positive devince
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actions once considered deviant are now considered heroic
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social stratification
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division of society into groups arranged in social hearty
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caste system
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social class can't be changed
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ses
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measure of individuals place within social class
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social reproduction
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social class passed down from generation to generation
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characteristicsof social stratification
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heirachy, life opportunities, ranks
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social mobility
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can change social class
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meritocracy
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hard work is rewarded
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why is wealth gap growing?
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1. capitalism
2. economic change( factories moved over seas)
3. jobs replaced by tech
4. decline in union
5. rich pay lower taxes
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function of mass incarceration?
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bunch of people involved in construction of prisons. politicians.
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inequality serves as what purpose?
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someone has to preform undesireable jobs and there has to be an insensitive to preferom higher level jobs.
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social class is determined by
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income, power prestige, education, occupation
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income vs wealth
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income supplies basic needs wealth is assets property family house
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what makes up ses
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welath and income
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race
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socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups
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race
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a socially defined catergoy based on real or perceived biological differences between groups
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SOC 2010: EXAM 1