Soc Test 1

Front 1

Views of Deviance (2)

Back 1

1. Norm Violation
2. Social Definition

Front 2

Definition of DB in Norm Violation (2)

Back 2

1. behavior violates social norms and view negatively
2. behavior that is inherently deviant

Front 3

Definition of DB in Social Definition

Back 3

society decides what is considered deviant

Front 4

Questions for Norm Violation (2)

Back 4

1. How frequency of Deviance
2. What makes someone deviant

Front 5

Questions for Social Definition (2)

Back 5

1. What is define as deviance
2. Who is define as deviant

Front 6

Three Questions of Sociology Deviance

Back 6

1. Why are deviant categories created
2. Why engage in deviant behavior
3. Why is deviant label applied?

Front 7

Theories of Social Deviance (2)

Back 7

1. Functionalism (Norm Violation)
2. Structuralism (Social Definition)

Front 8

Functions of Deviance (5)

Back 8

1. IDs social problems
2. Limits acceptable behavior
3. Increases Social Solidarity
4. Creates Jobs
5. Deviants Reward Conformity

Front 9

Two Studies That Support Creating Deviance

Back 9

1. Mattu Man
2. Lynching

Front 10

Mahu Man

Back 10

man raised as a woman and was used as an example of what the men in the village should not be like
(example of rewarding conformists)

Front 11

Lynching

Back 11

increased souther solidarity during period when blacks were being elected officials (example of social solidarity)

Front 12

Criticisms of Funtional Theory (3)

Back 12

1. Ignores dysfunctional deviance (cost a lot)
2. Never addresses how much is necessary
3. Logic is circular

Front 13

Theorists of Structalism (3)

Back 13

1. Merton
2. Cloward & Ohlin
3. Messner & Rothfeld

Front 14

Merton

Back 14

deviance occurs when society advocates common success goals but limits accessibility to to legitimate means

Front 15

Cloward & Ohlin

Back 15

not everybody can be a criminal, inaccessible to everybody

Front 16

Messner & Rothfeld

Back 16

deviance is caused by economic institution intrudes on other institutions

Front 17

Foundations of American Dream (4)

Back 17

1. Individualism
2. Achievement Orientation (winning is everything)
3. Fetishism of money
4. Universalism (goals are universal)

Front 18

Ways Economy Intrudes on Other Institutions (3)

Back 18

1. Devaluation of non economic institutions
2. Accommodation to Economy
3. Penetration of Economic Norms

Front 19

Rule Creators

Back 19

interested in the content of rules and will achieve new rules by any means

Front 20

Rule Enforcers

Back 20

not interested in content only in enforcing rule

Front 21

Two Objective of Rule Enforcers

Back 21

1. Justify why their position exists
2. Gain respect with people they are working with

Front 22

5 Adaptations to Society

Back 22

1. Conformists
2. Innovations
3. Ritualists
4. Retreatists
5. Rebels

Front 23

Conformist

Back 23

accepts both cultural goals and institutional means

Front 24

Innovator

Back 24

accepts cultural goals but rejects institutional means

Front 25

Ritualist

Back 25

rejects cultural goals and sees institutional mean as ends (lives to work)

Front 26

Retreatist

Back 26

rejects both cultural goals and institutional means (drug addict)

Front 27

Rebel

Back 27

rejects both goals and means but creates their own goals and means in replacement

Front 28

Sociological Imagination

Back 28

special awareness of influence of social structures and processes on private experience

Front 29

norm

Back 29

generally agreed upon rule for appropriate behavior

Front 30

correlation

Back 30

relationship between variables
(either + or -)

Front 31

causal order

Back 31

if A causes B then A comes first