Social Norms & Deviance

This MCAT podcast covers social norms and deviance. I discuss the types of formal and informal norms, different theories for why deviance occurs, as well as types of collective deviance.

• [02:09] Defining Social Norms & Deviance
• [04:32] Formal Versus Informal Norms
• [04:49] Informal Norms: Folkways, Mores & Taboos
• [09:50] How Informal Norms Intersect with the Law
• [12:39] Anomie
• [14:51] Theories & Perspectives on Deviance
• [27:24] Collective Behavior & Collective Deviance


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