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Psychological Theories of Deviance
Definition Psychological theories of deviance are frameworks that explain why individuals engage ...
Psychoanalytic Approach to Deviance
Definition The Psychoanalytic Approach to Deviance is a psychological approach that seeks to expl...
Primary Deviance
Definition Primary deviance refers to a minor or first-time act of rule-breaking behavior that do...
Mores
Definition Mores are the deeply held customs, behaviors, and beliefs of a society or culture that...
Mednick, Sarnoff Theory of Deviance
Definition Sarnoff Mednick's theory of deviance suggests that some individuals are biologically p...
Lombroso, Cesare Theory of Deviance
Definition Cesare Lombroso, an Italian criminologist from the late 19th century, proposed a theor...
Hooten and Sheldon Theory of Deviance
Definition The E.A. Hooten / William H. Sheldon theory of deviance is a perspective that examines...
Folkways
Definition Folkways are social conventions or customary ways of behaving that are considered appr...
Deviance as Individual Choice
Definition The Theory of Deviance as Individual Choice is a sociological perspective that suggest...
Deviance
Definition Deviance refers to behavior, beliefs, or actions that deviate from the accepted social...
Cultural Transmission Theory
Definition Cultural transmission theory in the context of crime and deviance explains how individ...
Biological Theories of Deviance
Definition Biological theories of deviance are explanations that focus on how biological factors,...
Behavioral Theories of Deviance
Definition Behavioral theories of deviance explain how individuals learn and adopt deviant behavi...
Anomie and Deviance
Definition Anomie theory of deviance, developed by sociologist Émile Durkheim, suggests that devi...
Social Scripts
Definition Social scripts in psychology refer to the learned sequences of behaviors that individu...
Rumor
Definition In sociology, a rumor is a piece of unverified information that circulates within a gr...
Nonverbal Social Interaction
Definition Nonverbal social interaction refers to the way people communicate and connect without ...
Mass Hysteria
Definition Mass hysteria, also known as collective hysteria or mass delusion, is a sociological p...
Fad
Definition A fad is a temporary and rapidly spreading phenomenon within a culture or society that...
Ethnomethodology
Definition Ethnomethodology is a sociological approach that studies how people create and maintai...