Stigma: any physical or social attribute that devalues a person or groups identity, and which may exclude those who are edeviant from normal social interctions. there are 3 main types of stigma, physical, moral, tribal.

Physical incldes physical or mental impairments, like the picture of this man in the chair.

Moral stigma signs of flawed characters, like this addict



And tribal membership in a discredited or opressed group, like this iraq woman.

 Structural Strain Theory argues that the tension or strain between socially approved goals and an individuals ability to meet those goals through socially approved means will lead to deviance as individuals reject either the goals (achieving success), the means ( hard work, education), or both.

Different Association Theory: states that we learn to be deviant through our associations with deviant peers. This picture shows the young man drinking, while his friends are encouraging it.

Deviance is a behavior, trait, belief, or other characteristic that violates a norm and causes a negative reaction. Eating sloppy in public shows deviance because its not likely for someone to be eating sloppy in public. As infants we are told to have manners and shown the appropriate way of doing things.

 Aggregate and Category are often mistaken for a group. Aggregate is a collection of people who share a physical location but do not have lasting social relationship.These people are all headed in the same direction, but don't have anything in common other than that.Category is a group of people who share a common attribute but don't think of themselves as having anything in common. This picture shows a picture of a tall man. people might think that anyone who is tall should play basketball but this guy doesn't play any sports.

Dyad, the smallest possible group, consist of only two members and if fundamentally unstable because they are a small size.

 

Anomie: powerful force that can influence us. Disconnection from social groups. This picture shows how were all "Alone Together". Everyone is so busy on their phones, PS P's, iPods, listening to music that nobody takes the time to notice one another. Were physically close, but psychologically gone.