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  2. Deviance (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    By contrast, strong bonds make deviance costly. This theory asks why people refrain from deviant or criminal behavior, instead of why people commit deviant or criminal behavior, according to Travis Hirschi. The control theory developed when norms emerge to deter deviant behavior. Without this "control", deviant behavior would happen more often.

  3. Workplace deviance - Wikipedia

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    All behaviors in which deviant employees partake ultimately have a negative impact on the overall productivity of the organization. For this reason, all are considered production deviance. Production deviance is "behavior that violates formally prescribed organizational norms with respect to minimal quality and quantity of work to be ...

  4. Deviant behavior - Wikipedia

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    Deviant behavior may refer to Abnormality (behavior), behaviors that are regarded as dysfunctional; Deviance (sociology), actions or behaviors that violate social norms; Deviant Behavior, an interdisciplinary journal which focuses on social deviance; Deviant Behavior, a textbook by American sociologist Erich Goode

  5. Labeling theory - Wikipedia

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    While society uses the stigmatic label to justify its condemnation, the deviant actor uses it to justify his actions. He wrote: "To put a complex argument in a few words: instead of the deviant motives leading to the deviant behavior, it is the other way around, the deviant behavior in time produces the deviant motivation." [13]: 26

  6. Abnormality (behavior) - Wikipedia

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    Abnormality (or dysfunctional behavior or maladaptive behavior or deviant behavior) is a behavioral characteristic assigned to those with conditions that are regarded as dysfunctional. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Behavior is considered to be abnormal when it is atypical or out of the ordinary, consists of undesirable behavior, and results in impairment in the ...

  7. Social control theory - Wikipedia

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    This definition clearly distinguishes social control from mere "reactions to deviance" and from deviant behavior itself. Gibbs argues that "Homicide can be described either as control or as resulting from control failure" (1989: 35), and proposes that the homicide rate is a function not just of the sheer volume of disputes, but also of the ...

  8. Primary deviance - Wikipedia

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    When associating with deviant peers, they are more accepting of deviant behaviors than if they chose another social group. This is why it is vital that the parent-child bond be strong because it will have an ultimate influence on the peers they choose and will have an influence on if they choose to engage in primary deviant behaviors as juveniles.

  9. Social norm - Wikipedia

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    If one reduces the deviant behavior after receiving a negative consequence, then they have learned via punishment. If they have engaged in a behavior consistent with a social norm after having an aversive stimulus reduced, then they have learned via negative reinforcement. Reinforcement increases behavior, while punishment decreases behavior.