DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AND CONFORMITY 1
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OVERVIEW: WHAT WE WILL COVER TODAY
Review From Chapter 5:
Norms, Folkways, Mores, and Taboos
New Concepts Deviant Behavior Normative Influence Conformity
Important Experiments
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VOCABULARY REVIEW: Norms
are: “a customary standard for behavior
that is shared by members of a culture.” Example:
How you should stand in an elevator.
Important because
they make behavior
predictable. Without norms we would have chaos. 3
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VOCABULARY REVIEW:
Three Types Of Norms (or social Rules)
Folkways- Norms that are not strictly enforced.
Mores – Norms that are strictly enforced because they are essential to core values or wellbeing.
Taboos – Norms that are so strong it often brings revulsion if violated.
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WHAT IS DEVIANCE? Any violation of norms, whether the infraction is as minor as driving over the speed limit or as 5
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serious as murder (p. 142)
MORE ABOUT DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
Deviant behavior is relative. What is deviant
to some is not deviant to others.
The term is used non-judgmentally to refer
to any act to which people respond negatively.
All of us are deviants of one sort or another…
we all violate norms from time to time
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EXAMPLES:
Is this deviant Behavior?
If so, what type of norm is violated?
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What is the difference?
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WHAT QUALIFIES AS “DEVIANT” CHANGES WITH….
SOMETIMES
Gender Age
Physical
appearance
Race
Geographical
location Primary group (parents/friends)
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WHAT IS CONFORMITY? The tendency to do what others do simply because 10
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others are doing it. (p. 643)
MORE ABOUT CONFORMITY
People can influence us by providing information about what is appropriate. This is called Normative Influence. People will conform to something even if they know it is incorrect or wrong. The Asch Experiment provides an example of conformity.
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EXAMPLE OF CONFORMITY Asch Experiment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GIMQ86p3x4
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TO SUMMARIZE
Norms are social rules
3 Types: Folkways, Mores, and Taboos
Deviant Behavior = Violation of norms Normative Influence = When a person’s behavior is influenced by those around them.
Conformity = Tendency to do what others do simply because they are doing it.
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