Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

1. EDIVANEC
GUESS THE JUMBLED LETTERS BASE ON THE PICTURES ABOVE…

2. DEVIANCE

3. IOYMFNRCITO
GUESS THE JUMBLED LETTERS BASE ON THE PICTURES ABOVE…

4. CONFORMITY

5. CONFORMITY AND DEVIANCEPresented by Ms. Rachel Lyn A. Mendoza

6. ONFORMITYC is an act of
submitting oneself
to the norms and
conventions of a
society.

7. Following Rules01
Changing Eating Habits02
Completing Education03
EXAMPLES OF CONFORMITY

8. EVIANCEDis a behavior, trait, belief, or
other characteristic that
violates a norm and causes
a negative reaction.
The definition of deviance
varies widely across cultures,
time, and situations.

9. Breaking rules01
Not meeting expectations02
Drug addiction
EXAMPLES OF DEVIANCE
03

10. T R I A D
A C T I V I T Y
Form a group of 3
You are given 2-3 minutes to
share your deviant experience/s
with your groupmates
Choose atleat 1 experience
to share in the class

11. Techniques and
strategies for
preventing
deviant behaviors
in any society
Every society is a system of
SOCIAL CONTROL
GOSSIP
SOCIAL
OSTRACISM
LAWS AND
PUNISHMENTS

12. Emile Durkheim
(1858-1917)
A French sociologist
-argued that deviance is
a normal and necessary
part of any society

13. Robert K. Merton
American sociologist
-argued that society
may be set up in a way
that encourages too
much deviance.

14. Merton believed that…
Social
Norms/Goals
Social Means
S T R A I N

15. -force/pressure to
individual to either work
within the structure of
society
The Strain Theory
-become members of a
deviant subculture in an
attempt to achieve those
goals
DEVIANCE is a result
of STRAIN between…
UNEQUAL
DISTRIBUTIONS
SOCIAL
DESIRABLES
LIFE
CHANCES

16. SOCIAL GOALS
SOCIALLY ACCEPTED
MEANS
STRAIN

17. SOCIALLY
ACCEPTED GOALS
SOCIALLY
ACCEPTED MEANS LIKELY CRIME?ADAPTATION

18. GROUP ACTIVITY
Share ideas…
Give situations and
explanations when
CONFORMITY becomes
NEGATIVE and DEVIANCE
becomes POSITIVE.