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Chapter 8, Deviance

Chapter 8, Deviance. Key Terms. Deviance Behavior that is recognized as violating expected rules and norms. Moral entrepreneurs People who organize social movement to reform how a behavior is morally perceived and handled.

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Chapter 8, Deviance

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  1. Chapter 8, Deviance Key Terms

  2. DevianceBehavior that is recognized as violating expected rules and norms. Moral entrepreneursPeople who organize social movement to reform how a behavior is morally perceived and handled.

  3. Medicalization of devianceExplanations of defiant behavior that interpret deviance as the result of individual pathology or sickness. • AnomieThe condition existing when social regulations in a society break down; the controlling influences of society are no longer effective and people exist in a state of relative normlessness.

  4. Anomic suicideOccurs when the disintegrating forces in the society make individuals feel lost and alone. • Altruistic suicideOccurs when the an individual commits suicide for the sake of a cause.

  5. Egoistic suicideOccurs when people feel totally detached from society. Structural strain theoryTraces the origins of deviance to the tensions caused by the gap between cultural goals and the means people have to achieve these goals.

  6. Social control theoryDeviance occurs when a person’s attachment to social bonds is weakened. Elite devianceRefers to the wrongdoing of wealthy and powerful individuals and organizations.

  7. Social controlThe process by which groups are brought into conformity with dominant social expectations. • Differential association theoryInterprets deviance, including criminal behavior and white-collar crime, as behavior one learns though interaction with others.

  8. Labeling theory Response of others is the most significant factor in understanding how deviant behavior is created and sustained. • Primary devianceActual violation of a norm or law.

  9. Secondary devianceThe behavior that results from being labeled deviant, regardless of whether the person has previously engaged in deviance. Tertiary devianceOccurs when the deviant fully accepts the deviant role but rejects the stigma associated with it, as when lesbians and gays proudly display their identity.

  10. Deviant identityDefinition a person has of himself or herself as a deviant. • Deviant careersSequence of movements people make through a particular subculture of deviance.

  11. Deviant communitiesGroups organized around particular forms of social deviance. • StigmaAn attribute that is socially devalued and discredited.

  12. Master statusCharacteristic of a person that overrides all other features of the person's identity.

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