Jenks, R. J. (2010). Perception of Two Deviant and Two Nondeviant Groups. The Journal of
Social Psychology, 126(6), 783-790. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1986.9713660
(Jenks, 2010) tested if individuals assumed others general deviance based on a commonly their deviant behavior, such as atheism or homosexuality. Students from a sociology class took a questionnaire asking to guess the characteristics of atheists, homosexuals, Catholics, and republicans. Deviant groups were of thought of as: having a lower quality of life, a higher percentage in lower class, in need of counseling, and using drugs. The results showed the students thought atheists and homosexuals fell under the deviant group category. This study shows that people are stereotyped and looked at as deviant because of their view on life.
This source will show that people look at deviance based on their personal opinion. Deviance is a behavior outside of a social norm; in our society being atheist and homosexual holds status’s outside of the social norm, hence making a person with that …show more content…
Study one focused on rule compliance and social dominance based on one’s status in the workplace. (Bowles & Gelfand, 2010) found that participants with a higher status tended to not follow the rules as well as a lower status participant. Study two found high-status evaluators punishing methods applied to the status of the target, while low-status evaluators treated all targeted equally despite their status. The third study tested how evaluators punish workplace deviances based on gender and race, resulting in male evaluators often punished females and minorities rather than other males or whites. Where women treated each target equal. These studies attempted to test how an evaluator’s status and a target’s status influenced dealing with deviance in the workplace. The topic of deviance and what is deviant behavior is discussed in this
Social Psychology, 126(6), 783-790. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1986.9713660
(Jenks, 2010) tested if individuals assumed others general deviance based on a commonly their deviant behavior, such as atheism or homosexuality. Students from a sociology class took a questionnaire asking to guess the characteristics of atheists, homosexuals, Catholics, and republicans. Deviant groups were of thought of as: having a lower quality of life, a higher percentage in lower class, in need of counseling, and using drugs. The results showed the students thought atheists and homosexuals fell under the deviant group category. This study shows that people are stereotyped and looked at as deviant because of their view on life.
This source will show that people look at deviance based on their personal opinion. Deviance is a behavior outside of a social norm; in our society being atheist and homosexual holds status’s outside of the social norm, hence making a person with that …show more content…
Study one focused on rule compliance and social dominance based on one’s status in the workplace. (Bowles & Gelfand, 2010) found that participants with a higher status tended to not follow the rules as well as a lower status participant. Study two found high-status evaluators punishing methods applied to the status of the target, while low-status evaluators treated all targeted equally despite their status. The third study tested how evaluators punish workplace deviances based on gender and race, resulting in male evaluators often punished females and minorities rather than other males or whites. Where women treated each target equal. These studies attempted to test how an evaluator’s status and a target’s status influenced dealing with deviance in the workplace. The topic of deviance and what is deviant behavior is discussed in this