Question

Of deviance.

2. What is the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective of Deviance?

3. What is the Functionalist Perspective of Deviance?

4. What is the Conflict Perspective of Deviance?

5. Make a list of 5 deviant behaviors that you witness in an average week. Make sure you write enough to give an idea of what the behavior actually is. If you need ideas try using the internet to search Deviance Examples and try to apply them to situations you encounter.

6. Identify and explain a movie, television series, or book where a deviant behavior is central to the plot.Explain the behavior and how it is considered Deviant.

7. What are the benefits of studying and identifying deviance in society? Explain two possibilities.

Answer 1

Answer: 2. According to the symbolic interaction perspective, deviance and crime are produced by the processes of social interaction and the attachment of meaning to behavior

3. Functionalism claims that deviance help to create social stability by presenting explanations of non-normative and normative behaviors

4. Conflict theory looks to social and economic factors as the causes of crime and deviance.

5. bullying, stealing, spreading rumors, Littering, Smoking in public areas

6. In this film, the main character has portrayed the center of deviant behavior

7. Deviance has several functions: (a) it clarifies norms and increases conformity, (b) it strengthens social bonds among the people reacting to the deviant, and (c) it can help lead to positive social change.