Ch. 5 Deviance & Defiance Flashcards
Exam 2
What is deviance?
Behaviors and beliefs that violate social expectations and attract negative sanctions
Is deviance a social construction?
Yes!
For something to become socially constructed as deviant, it must go through at least one of these processes (3)
- stigmatization
- Criminalization
- Medicalization
What is stigmatization?
The process by which something becomes widely devalued
What are some lessons about deviance from Flight 571? (4)
- Deviance is defined through interaction, and definitions vary across cultures
- Acts, attitudes, or appearances become deviant only through the three social processes
- Deviance is subject to symbolic interaction
4, Deviant behavior can come to seem ordinary
What is criminalization?
Involves collectively defining a trait or condition as criminal
What is medicalization?
Involves collectively defining physical traits or social conditions as an illness
How did the study of deviance change?
Before it was thought that there was something wrong with the individual
What are the three waves of opioid overdose?
- rise in prescription overdose death
- rise in heroin overdose deaths
- rise in synthetic opioid overdose deaths
How might external factors produce deviance?
- blocked opportunities
- social networks
- nature of neighborhoods
What did Robert Merton argue?
Deviance is caused by a tension between achieving goals and the way they are supposed to
NOTE: if they can’t live up to social expectations, they may try to achieve them through deviant means
What is the strain theory?
the idea that deviance is caused by a tension between widely valued goals and the people’s ability to attain them.
What are behaviors or conditions that have been medicalized or stigmatized in or through medicine? List 3
- HIV/AIDS
- Female repro anything
- Mental health
- Pursuing treatment vs palliative care
Deviance Typology: Conformity
Accepting institutionalized means and cultural goals
Deviance Typology: Innovation
Deviance Typology: Ritualism
Accepting institutionalized means and rejecting cultural goals
Deviance Typology: Retreatism
Rejecting institutionalized means and cultural goals
Deviance Typology: Rebellion
New goals and new means for achieving
What is labeling?
Process of assigning a deviant identity to an individual
What is the labeling theory?
A theory about how labels that are applied to us influence our behavior
NOTES: describes what society is already doing. Does not have any power
What is primary deviance?
the first instance of deviance
What is secondary deviance?
further instances of deviance prompted by the initial label
Can a label be a cause of deviance?
Yes, and as a result of deviance
What is the most important part of the labeling theory?
The label, not the deviant act itself
What are the effects of a Prescribed Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
Leads providers to police pt and thus criminalizes care
- pushes ppl to use even dangerous drugs
What is structural functionalism?
Society is a system of necessary, synchronized parts that work towards creating social stability
THINK; gears in a machine, each playing a specialized role
What does deviance do for society? (3)
- Creates social cohesion
- Bring about change
- Reminds us of social rules
What is collective conscience?
Soiety’s shared understanding of right and wrong
EX: collective conscience about bad drivers in STL
Collective effervescence
moments that reminds us of …..
