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  1. deviant
    a person whose behavior does not conform to social norms
    For example, a deviant act can be committed in one society or culture that breaks a social norm there, but may be considered normal for another culture and society.
  2. anomic
    socially disoriented
    Altruistic suicide (death for the good of the group), egoistic suicide (death for the removal of the self due to or justified by the lack of ties to others), and anomic suicide (death due to the confounding of self-interest and societal norms) are the three forms of suicide that can happen due to extremes.
  3. unintegrated
    not integrated; not taken into or made a part of a whole
    Those who are very integrated fall under the category of "altruism" and those who are very unintegrated fall under "egoism."
  4. socialised
    under group or government control
    Merton claims that innovators are mostly those who have been socialised with similar world views to conformists, but who have been denied the opportunities they need to be able to legitimately achieve society's goals.
  5. Durkheim
    French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917)
    Durkheim's strain theory attributes social deviance to extremes of the dimensions of the social bond.
  6. conformist
    someone who follows established standards of conduct
    Merton described 5 types of deviance in terms of the acceptance or rejection of social goals and the institutionalised means of achieving them:

    Conformists accept society's goals and the socially acceptable means of achieving them (e.g.: monetary success is gained through hard work).
  7. socialise
    prepare for social life
    Merton claims that innovators are mostly those who have been socialised with similar world views to conformists, but who have been denied the opportunities they need to be able to legitimately achieve society's goals.
  8. contextual
    relating to the set of facts surrounding a situation
    They are, in other words, contextual.
  9. societal
    relating to people in general
    Altruistic suicide (death for the good of the group), egoistic suicide (death for the removal of the self due to or justified by the lack of ties to others), and anomic suicide (death due to the confounding of self-interest and societal norms) are the three forms of suicide that can happen due to extremes.
  10. encyclopedic
    broad in scope or content
    Rebels reject society's goals and legitimate means to achieve them, and instead create new goals and means to replace those of society, creating not only new goals to achieve but also new ways to achieve these goals that other rebels will find acceptable.

    [edit] Symbolic interactionismMain article: Symbolic interactionism
    This article is written like a personal reflection or essay rather than an encyclopedic description of the subject.
  11. hockey game
    a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
    Deviance is relative to time and place because what is considered deviant in one social context may be non-deviant in another (e.g., fighting during a hockey game vs. fighting in a nursing home).
  12. disconnection
    the state of being separated
    Specifically, he viewed collective action as motivated by strain, stress, or frustration in a body of individuals that arises from a disconnection between the society's goals and the popularly used means to achieve those goals.
  13. dead-end
    lacking opportunities for development or advancement
    Ritualists are most commonly found in dead-end, repetitive jobs, where they are unable to achieve society's goals but still adhere to society's means of achievement and social norms.
  14. innovator
    someone who helps to open up a new line of technology or art
    Innovators accept society's goals, but reject socially acceptable means of achieving them. (e.g.: monetary success is gained through crime).
  15. Foucault
    French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)
    Michel Foucault
    2.3.3
  16. world view
    a comprehensive view of the world and human life
    Merton claims that innovators are mostly those who have been socialised with similar world views to conformists, but who have been denied the opportunities they need to be able to legitimately achieve society's goals.
  17. social group
    people sharing some social relation
    Viewing deviance as a violation of social norms, sociologists have characterized it as "any thought, feeling or action that members of a social group judge to be a violation of their values or rules";[1] "violation of the norms of a society or group";[2] "conduct that violates definitions of appropriate and inappropriate conduct shared by the members of a social system";[3] "the departure of certain types of behavior from the norms of a particular society at a particular time";[4] and...
  18. citation
    an official award usually given as formal public statement
    The issue of social power cannot be divorced from a definition of deviance because some groups in society can criminalize the actions of another group by using their influence on legislators.[6]

    [edit] Theories This section needs additional citations for verification.
  19. institutionalized
    given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
    These two dimensions determine the adaptation to society according to the cultural goals, which are the society's perceptions about the ideal life, and to the institutionalized means, which are the legitimate means through which an individual may aspire to the cultural goals.
  20. egoistic
    limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
    Altruistic suicide (death for the good of the group), egoistic suicide (death for the removal of the self due to or justified by the lack of ties to others), and anomic suicide (death due to the confounding of self-interest and societal norms) are the three forms of suicide that can happen due to extremes.
  21. shopping center
    mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
    Furthermore, the building of centralized shopping centers is not done with community solidarity in mind, but is merely the result of profit considerations.
Created on Thu Sep 29 21:24:03 EDT 2011

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