1. Summary
Deviance is a violation of norms that are
formally or informally prescribed to maintain social order. Violations of
formal norms are said to be an formal deviance and violations of informal norms
is called informal deviance. Descriptions of deviance are not only sociological
descriptions, but also descriptions of other fields. Neurology and psychology
explains that the brain structure of people who are deviant is different.
2. What was interesting/What did you learn
The sociological explanation is more
interesting than the neurological and psychological explanations of deviance.
According to the rules of society, social deviations from one society may not
deviate from another. People tend to define deviance differently depending on
age and culture.
3. Discussion Point
Deviance is relative because people define
deviance differently depending on age and culture. But couldn't there be an
absolute standard that hasn't changed? Violations of universal values, such as
murder, should not be tolerated in any society. Therefore, I think that
the universal values of humankind should be an absolute norm.
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