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Lesson 7 - Conformity and Deviance

The document discusses the concepts of conformity and deviance within society, highlighting the mechanisms of social control that enforce expected behaviors. Conformity involves changing beliefs or behaviors to fit in, while deviance refers to actions that violate social norms, which can be categorized as formal or informal. The text also explores the effects of deviance on society, including its role in social change, and introduces Robert Merton's Strain Theory as an explanation for deviant behavior.

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Lesson 7 - Conformity and Deviance

The document discusses the concepts of conformity and deviance within society, highlighting the mechanisms of social control that enforce expected behaviors. Conformity involves changing beliefs or behaviors to fit in, while deviance refers to actions that violate social norms, which can be categorized as formal or informal. The text also explores the effects of deviance on society, including its role in social change, and introduces Robert Merton's Strain Theory as an explanation for deviant behavior.

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CONFORMITY A N D

DEVIANCE
Lesson
8
 Every society has a form of social control - a set of
means that ensure people behave in expected and
approved ways.
 All norms, whether written or not are supported by
sanctions:
reward for conformity and punishments for non
conformity.
 Conformity the state of having internalized norms as
part of the social expectation.
 As individuals and groups conform to an established norm,
the norm then becomes a convention.
CONFORMITY

• Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or


behavior to fit in or align their attitudes and behaviors with the people
they interact or socialized with.
• It also gives a sense of identity and belongingness that enables a
person to feel accepted in a certain group.
• Social conformity can influence changes in an individual’s behavior or
opinions to be accepted.These changes may be due to pressure from
a social group the individual wants to be accepted.
• There are different situations when people conform; psychologists have
categorized three main types of conformity as compliance, identification,
and internalization.
• Complian means conforming to a rule or fulfilling a desire, demand,
ce
regimen, or coercion.
proposal,It is the weakest form of conformity. Here,
a person usually goes along with the view of the majority, but
he/she still privately maintains his/her own point of view.

• Identificati is a process by which an individual aspires to


on
himself/herself pattern
after another, but only while he/she is in the
presence of the other person.
It is the middle level of conformity and is usually a short-term
change. Here an individual changes his/her behavior and beliefs, not
permanently, due to the influence of someone he/she likes or admires
but it does not necessarily result in a change of a person’s private
belief.
•Internalization is the acceptance and
incorporation of the standard or belief of
other persons or of the society by the
individual.
It is the deepest level of conformity. It is
usually a long-term change as the person
changes his/her public behavior and private
beliefs.When the views of the group are
adopted, they are taken at a permanent level.
Here, an individual becomes a part of a
DEVIANCE

• Deviance is a behavior that violates expected rules and norms.


• Deviance is nonconformity or a behavior that departs significantly from
social
expectations.
• What is deviant to one group may not be considered deviant to another.
• Deviance is divided into two types: formal and informal
1.Formal deviance includes actions that violate enacted laws, such
as robbery,
theft, graft, rape, and other forms of criminality.
2.Informal deviance refers to violation to social norms that are
not categorized into law, such as pricking one’s nose, burping loudly, and
spitting on the street, among others.
•Deviance is a violation of established
contextual, cultural, or social norms,
whether folkways, mores, or codified law.
•In our society at present, many deviant acts
are committed because of poverty,
unemployment, and financial crisis. People
tend to violate the cultural and social
norms of the society they value to enable
them to survive. Because of this, each
society has implemented laws to lessen
the number of people committing acts of
EFFECTS OF D E V I A N C E O N
SOCIETY
• People become deviant because they want to follow their desire, or
sometimes their
deviant behavior might be the results of problems they encounter in the
society.
• Other effects of deviance which are not necessarily harmful but may
actually be
beneficial to society are as follow:
1.It is one way that social change occurs.
2.It helps people adjust to change.
3.It has a way of promoting social solidarity by distinguishing “us” from
“them”.
D E V I A N T BEHAVIOR

•Sexual
intercourse
•Kama Sutra
•Crime
•Homosexuality
•Witchcraft
STRAIN THEORY BY ROBERT
MERTON

•Strain Theory is one of the most well-


known explanations about deviant
behavior.
•Developed by famed American
sociologist Robert K. Merton.The theory
states that social
structures may pressure citizens to
•Forms of Deviance
a)Conformity- they follow the rules of society.
b)Ritualism- It is the regular observance or
practice of rituals (staying in dead-end jobs)
c)Retreatism- complete rejection of norms (drug
addicts, alcoholics, insane)
d)Rebellion- it happens because of frustration on
the existing system and promotes
change
e)Innovation- use of unadvised or illegal methods
to achieve social goals.
S OC I AL C O N T R O L

•Social control- a mechanism by which the social


behavior of people is controlled by rules to
maintain order or to re-establish order.
Mechanism of Social Control
1.Labeling
2.Gossip
3.Laws
Assessment

1. It is a type of social influence involving a


change in belief or behavior to fit in or align
their attitudes and behaviors with the people
they interact or socialized with.

A. Agreement
B. Consensus
C. Conformity
D.Deviance
2. Behavior that violates expected rules
and norms

A.Apathy
B.Delinquency
C.Folkways
D.Deviance
3. It is a set of means that ensure
people behave in expected and
approved ways.

A.Sanction
B.Social control
C.Social system
D.Laws
4. This theory explains that because of the
unjust social structure some people commits
deviant act/behavior.

A.Subculture theory
B.Conflict theory
C.Strain theory
D.Deviant theory
5. Pressured by his parents to become an honor
student, Marco used all means possible including
cheating and bribing his classmates to give him
the leakage of exams just to get high grades.
This act committed by Marco is an example of
which form of deviance?

A.Ritualism
B.Retreatism
C.Innovation
D.Rebellion

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