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Bell Work
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Grab a Sociology book from the book shelf.
Turn to page 199 or 149 and read the account of a
sociologist who encountered the Yanomamo tribe in
Amazon.
Answer the following questions:
Describe some of the norms and values of the
Yanomamo tribe.
Would we consider these norms and values deviant?
Explain.
Are these practices really examples of deviance?
What is
deviance?
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Deviance is the violation of rules or norms.
It is not an act itself, but reactions to the act
that make it deviant.
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Deviance is relative…
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What is deviant to some is
not deviant to others.
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Both within societies and
across cultures.
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Examples: Human
sexuality, crime, Etc.
Sociologists’ view of deviance…
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Sociologists use the term deviance nonjudgmentally.
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Deviance does not mean an act is bad,
only that people judge it negatively.
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Deviance=breaking a norm
You don’t have to do
anything to be deviant!
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Stigma=“blemishes” that
discredit a person’s claim
to a “normal” identity
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Violate norms of
appearance or ability
Crime?
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Some acts of deviance
are so appalling that
society will enact a law.
What is a crime can
change over time.
Society connects a
punishment to a crime as
an act of revenge.
Does punishment work
as a deterrent?
Norms are Necessary!
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Norms make social life possible by making
behavior predictable
Without norms, there would be SOCIAL
CHAOS
Norms bring about social order and social
control
Deviance is a threat to the predictability of
social life!
To encourage people to follow norms we have
positive and negative sanctions (smiles,
awards, shaming, punishments)
Shaming
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Degradation ceremony
Deviant Act
Requiem for a Dream
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As you watch the movie, answer the questions
that follow.
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Record at least ten examples of deviance that
you observed from the movie.
What societal reactions in the situation make
the act deviant?
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