Section 4: Becoming Deviant

Question 1

Primary Deviance

Answer 1

Develops when people engage in deviant acts while they continue to occupy conventional statuses and roles.

Question 2

Secondary Deviance

Answer 2

Develops when the deviant role is reinforced through further participation in a deviant subculture and association with other deviants.

Question 3

Tertiary Deviance (John Kitsuse)

Answer 3

Develops when “deviants” press for redefining acceptable standards of deviance.

Question 4

Socialization

Answer 4

Refer to the process by which members of a society acquire the skills, knowledge, attitudes, values, and motives necessary to perform social roles.

Question 5

Stigma

Answer 5

A social mark of disgrace; a stain on one’s reputation that denies them the claim to a “normal” identity.