Deviant Behavior Test 1

Front 1

ABC of deviance

Back 1

A- attitude
B- behavior (action)
C- condition (handicapped, obesity, ugly)

Front 2

Deviance

Back 2

1. Violation of social norms
2. Negative responses from audience

Front 3

Positivists

Back 3

1. Absolutism: deviance as absolutely real, possess definite qualities that distinguish someone from a deviant and a non-deviant

2. Objectivism: Deviance as observable object in deviant person (like an object) . Something that can be studied objectively

3. Determinism: Deviance as determined behavior. Determined by forces beyond individuals control - attributed to something

Front 4

Constructionist

Back 4

1. Relativism: Deviance as a label. Only deviant because someone thinks or calls it deviant. Don't study acts of deviance --> study why act is defined as deviant

2. Subjectivism: Deviance as subjective experience.

3. Voluntarism: Deviance as voluntary act. Expression of human violation and free will

Front 5

Theoretical Approaches (Positivism vs Constructionism)

Back 5

Positivism
-Questions - Why they do it? How social factors predict/influence what they do
(Easier for serious crimes)

Constructionism
-questions - why behavior is defined as deviant, relative
-how actions become deviant
(Easier for smaller crimes)