Lesson 7 - SOCIOLOGY 101 On Line

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THERE ARE 3 ACTION ASSIGNMENTS (ESSAYS) TO BE COMPLETED AND EMAILED TO ME BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

CHAPTER 7 – Social Structure and Society

Study Assignment: Read chapter 7 – Sociology 101 by Jon Shepard

Chapter 7

After careful study of this chapter, you will be able to:

• Define deviance and explain its relative nature
• Define social control and identify the major types of social control
• Describe the biological and psychological explanations of deviance.
• Discuss the positive and negative consequences of deviance
• Differentiate the major functional theories of deviance
• Compare and contrast cultural transmission theory and labeling theory
• Discuss the conflict theory view of deviance
• Distinguish the four approaches to crime control.

Chapter 7

1. Identify a time in your life when you were considered a deviant by others. Discuss the attempts at social control you experienced. Be specific as to the types of social control and their concrete application to you.

2. Describe someone you know who falls into one of the four deviant responses identified by strain theory. Use specific characteristics of this person to show that he or she fits the response you selected and not the other three responses.

3. Everyone has observed someone who has been labeled deviant by some members of society. Discuss the consequences of this labeling for the person identifies as a deviant.