Question

Using labeling theory, place in order from first to last the stages by which a student, named evan, assumes the role of social deviant.

Answer 1

Initially Evan hears that a certain behavior is socially deviant. Subsequently he learns that a group he belongs to is viewed as being more likely to engage in that behavior. At some point, a behavior of his is interpreted by another as that. He accepts that is part of who he is and considers the behavior okay because it is him.

Answer 2

The order could go as something like:

Evan is late for school twice in one week.The school principal publicly calls Evan a truant.Evan’s teachers and friends start to treat him as a troublemaker.Evan comes to think of himself as a rule breaker.

In labelling theory, someone will become a social deviance after people in his/her social group started giving that person label as the deviance in the first place, which give reinforcement for the deviance behavior.