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Culture, Society
and Politics
Grade 12 – Ms. Fatima Guarino
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Deviance
Conformity
• the act of submitting oneself to the norms and
conventions of society.
Why do we conform?
- Is it for the sake of convenience? Is it because
we belong to the majority? Or is it because we
don’t want hassle in life?
Why do people conform?
We conform because we
We conform because don’t want to be punished
there is a reward that strictly and be stricken off the
we get. rights we have as citizens and
individuals.
Deviance
Sociologists:
- deviant behavior is one that tails to conform to the
rules or norms of the group. It implies something
evaluated negatively.
- are interested in how deviance comes about and its
effects on society.
Anthropologists:
- are concerned primarily with how the members of a
society jointly reach consensus about deviance.
Deviance
Is RELATIVE!
Conformists
Accepting goals
Accepting means
Forms of Deviance
Robert K. Merton in the book of Macionis (2010)
Ritualist
Rejecting goals
Accepting means
Forms of Deviance
Robert K. Merton in the book of Macionis (2010)
Retreatist
Rejecting goals
Rejecting means
Forms of Deviance
Robert K. Merton in the book of Macionis (2010)
Rejecting goals
Rejecting means
What about social
control?
Social Control
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Social Control