UNDERSTANDING

CULTURE, SOCIETY
AND POLITICS
MS. GENESIS N. DE CASTRO

http://gmail.com/decastro.gn@pnu.edu.ph
TODAY’S
Understand the meaning of
GOAL: 01 conformity and deviance

02 Situate the phenomenon of

deviance in its cultural and
social context

03 Reflect on the situations why

people chose to conform or
deviate to rules of society
thru answering mentimeter.
DEVIANCE

NON-NORMATIVE

DIFFERENT
DEVIANCE
It is anything that deviates from what people
generally accept as normal. It is also a
behavior that violates expected rules and
norms. Additionally, it is a behavior that
departs significantly from social expectations.
SOCIAL CONTROL
is an attempt by society to regulate people’s
thoughts and behavior in ways that limit, or
punish, deviance.
N E G AT I V E POSITIVE
SANCTIONS SANCTIONS
AFFIRMATIVE REACTIONS,
NEGATIVE SOCIAL
USUALLY IN RESPONSE TO
REACTIONS TO DEVIANCE
CONFORMITY
CONFORMITY
It occurs when members of the group or
society choose the course of action that the
majority favors. Additionally it agrees with
social norms and values.
 THE
VARIABILITY
OF DEVIANCE

❑What is deviant to one group may not be considered deviant to

one another.

❑Sociologist also recognize that established rules and norms are

socially created; not just morally decided or imposed.

❑Deviance lies not just in the behavior itself but in the social

response of groups to other behavior of others.

 THE STUDY
OF DEVIANCE

The study of why The study of how

people violates society reacts to

laws or norms violations

FORMAL SANCTIONING
Formal sanctioning of deviance occurs when
norms are codified into law, and violation
almost always result in negative sanctions from
the criminal justice system-the police, the
courts and the prison.
WHY DOES ANYONE STILL
DO DEVIANT THINGS?
C E S A R E L O M B RO S O
I TA L I A N
PHYSICIAN

In 1876, he formed his theory

where he believed that
criminal were born not made
and criminal tendencies were
biologically given and not
learned.
LOW HE ARGUED THAT CRIMINAL TYPES
COULD ALSO BE IDENTIFIED BY A
FOREHEAD COLLECTION OF ANOTOMICAL
FEATURES.
PROMINENT JAW
AND CHEEKBONES
STOCKY
BUILD
UP
 WILLIAM SHELDON
US
P S YC H O L O G I S T He found a relationship
between general type and
criminality. In the 1940’s and
50’s he studied body types
and behavior and concluded
that men who were more
muscular and athletic were
more likely to be criminally
deviant.
ELEANOR AND SHELDON GLUECK
They appeared to confirm William
Sheldon’s basic findings on
muscularity and criminal
aggression.

However, they refused to

ascribe their results to a
biological explanation.
ELEANOR AND SHELDON GLUECK
They countered that a simple
correlation between body type
and criminality could not be taken
as casual evidence.

Instead, they argued this was

an example of self-fulfilling
prophecy.
Sociologist studied crime in an interactionist
tradition focus on deviance as a socially
constructed phenomenon. They reject the
idea that there are types of conduct that are
inherently deviant. Rather, interactionists ask
how behaviors come to be defined as
deviant and why certain groups and not
others labeled as deviant
 Sociological Perspective on Deviance
Sociological Level of Focus Basis of
Perspective Analysis Assumption
1. Symbolic Micro Use of symbols; Face Deviance is a result of
Interactionism to face interactions the exercise of power

2. Functionalism Macro Relationships between Deviance sees

the parts of society; opportunities when
How aspects of society there is none.
are functional
(adaptive)
3.Conflict Theory Macro Competetion for scarce Deviance is a result of
resources; How the unequal distribution of
elite control the poor social desirables and
and weak opportunities.
MEMIOLOGY
 RUBRICS:
CRITERIA POINTS

CONTENT 20

ORGANIZATION 15

CREATIIVITY 15

TOTAL 50
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H O M E D E L I G H T:
Research on about the following theoretical
interpretation of deviance:
- Structural Strain Theory
- Labeling Theory
- Social Control Theory