deviant behavior and social reaction

1. Deviant Behavior and
Social Reaction
Presented by:
DR. RHEA S. FISER

2. What is Deviant Behavior?
Deviant behavior violates the
norms that apply in a given
situation.
Deviant behavior includes:
• Criminal activity
• Cheating
• Substance use
• Fraud and delinquent behavior
• harassment

3. Reasons why Social psychologist
study Deviant behavior
1. Social norms and conformity
are basic means by which the
orderly social interaction
necessary to maintain
society is achieved.
2. To better understand its
threats to society.
3. We may be able to develop
better programs that reduce
or eliminate deviance and to
help people chance their
deviant behavior.

4. Causes of Deviant Behavior
• According to Merton, Cohen, Miller and Anderson:
Inability to succeed leads to deviance
• Cloward and Olin: Deviance results from
availability of readily accessible
illegal opportunities
• Increased poverty, crime rates,
imprisonment, cycle of poverty

5. Theories in
Deviant Behavior

6. 1. Anomie Theory of Deviance
• It suggest that deviance arises
when people striving to achieve
valued goals such as wealth, and
do not have any legitimate way to
attain these goals.
• These people break rules, often to
attain these goals illegitimately.
Example: Shoplifting, cheating,
prostitution, thief, gambling

7. Anomie & Legitimate Means
Anomie is a state that
reduces commitment to norms
or the pursuit of goals.
Legitimate means are
acceptable ways of achieving
society’s values goals, such
as material wealth and
financial resources.

8. Illegal Means of Achieving Goals
Some people do not have
access to legitimate
employment, so they seek
wealth by alternative illegal
means such as prostitution.

9. So what happen now when denied access to
the legitimate means experience anomie.

10. 2. General Strain
Theory
• Agnew proposed that emotions
connects the experience of
strain with deviant behavior.
• Strain elicits negative affective
states—frustration, anger, or fear
that create motivation to act.
• These action may be deviant or
criminal such as robbery, selling
drugs, abuse, assault

11. General Strain Theory

12. 3. Control Theory
According to Control Theory, societies
influence our tendency to engage in
deviant behavior.
Parental attachments can encourage or
discourage children from engaging in
delinquency.
But in some cases……..
Some parents teach their children how to
shoplift, commit burglaries, and steal cars
and cheat.

13. Control Theory

14. Control Theory
Example:
IF YOU WERE ASKED A STUDENT, WHY YOU DON’T YOU
SHOPLIFT?
you might reply: Because my parents would kill me if i
found out.

15. 4. Differential Association Theory
• They emphasizes the
importance of learning
through interaction thats
constitute deviant
behavior just as they
learn socially approved
behavior
• People deviate from one
set of norms because
they are being influenced
by a contradictory set of
norms .

16. 4. Differential Association Theory

17. 5. Routine Activities Theory:
Opportunity and Crime
Opportunity is necessary condition for
any specific crime to be committed.
The distribution of opportunities and
individuals access to these
opportunities explain why certain
geographical areas have higher crime
than other areas and why certain
individuals are more involved in
crime than other individuals

18. 6. Labeling Theory
Theory that focuses on how
individuals come to be as
labeled as deviant.
Example:
Unwed teenage mothers
labeled as deviants

20. Group Activity Rubrics
RUBRICS Percentage Grade
Presentation
/Creativity
40 _______
Informative 45 ________
Teamwork 15 ________
100% ________
Get ¼ yellow paper
Group name:__________
Leader:______________
Asst. Leader:___________
Members:
_____________________
______________________
Note:
After the group
presentation
The leader
should discuss
the
presentation by
answering the
given questions.

21. 1.Think about about a scenario as to why
individuals engage in any deviant behavior such
as underage drinking, drug use, prostitution,,
thief, shoplifting, or anything else similar to
these kinds of deviant behaviors? What was the
cause of the deviant behavior? What do you
think is the best way to resolve the deviant
behavior?
2.Given the different theories in deviant behavior
which theory can best explain the behavior/
Direction:
Summarize the responses of each member of the group.
Questions to Answer:
TIME FRAME: 5 minutes