Complete the review guide to prepare for the Social Conformity and Deviance test that you will complete next week.
Section 1: Conforming to Societal Norms
1. Come up with a definition for conformity
2. How does an individual’s personality impact conformity?
3. How does an individual’s culture impact conformity?
4. What is the difference between Fashion/Trends and a Fad? Give examples of each
5. Define groupthink and its connection to the ideas of conformity.
6. Explain Janis’ ideas on the symptoms of groupthink.
7. Explain the idea of the Bystander effect and how it connects to the ideas of conformity.
Section 2: Deviance
1. Define deviance and why it is important in the study of sociology.
2. Explain the following principles as connected to deviance
a. Stigma
b. Types of Stigmas
i. Physical –
ii. Moral –
iii. Tribal –
c. Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
d. Labeling Theory
e. Positive Deviance
f. Black Sheep
g. Middle Child
3. How do each of the sociological theories view deviance
a. Functionalists
b. Conflict
c. Social interactionists
4. Be able to explain examples of social movements that used deviance (Civil Rights Movement, AntiApartheid, etc…)
Section 3: Criminality
1. What is criminology and how is the study of it approached by sociology?
2. Explain the connection between criminology and Deviance.
3. In Sociology what is crime?
a. Explain the varying types of crime
i. Violent Crime –
ii. Property Crime –
iii. White-Collar Crime –
4. Explain the varying approaches to limiting crime
a. Deterrence –
b. Retribution –
c. Incapacitation –
d. Rehabilitation –
5. Explain the variety of other social punishments for committing a crime
a. Shunning –
b. Banishment –
c. Corporal Punishment –
d. Capital Punishment –
6. Explain the trends and patterns of incarceration nationally and globally
