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    Autism and Mental Retardation Appendix F CheckPoint: Autism and Mental Retardation This is to be uploaded in the assignments section (along with your Certificate of Originality) by Friday‚ Day 5. Respond to the following: 1. List the primary features of autism. The primary feature of autism are lack of responsiveness‚ language problems‚ communication problems‚ limited imaginative play‚ rigid behavior‚ unusual motor movements‚ overstimulation‚ as well as under stimulation. 2. Which

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    society use to classify and identify them as. It is proposed that the labelling theory states that deviance is not characteristic to an action of the individual; but is formulated by the powerful majorities that categorises certain behaviours as deviant‚ which goes against the standard norms of the society (Becker‚ 1963). In essence the crucial point in the labelling theory is that the concept of deviance is relative‚ as individuals do not automatically become deviant due to their actions‚ but it is

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    Deviance‚ like beauty‚ is in the eyes of the beholder. There is nothing inherently deviant in any human act‚ something is deviant only because some people have been successful in labelling it so. J. L Simmons The definition of the situation implies that if you define a situation as real‚ it is real only in its consequences. INTRODUCTION Labelling theory‚ stemming from the influences of Cooley‚ Mead‚ Tannenbaum‚ and Lemert‚ has its origins somewhere within the context of the twentieth century. However

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    to society is weak or broken. This micro-level theory states that all people have potential for deviance. The most prominent social control theorist in the twentieth Century‚ Travis Hirschi‚ viewed the motivations as so natural to human beings that no special forces were necessary to explain a weak or broken society. It is understood that social control can refer to mechanisms intended to inhibit deviance and encourage conformity‚ and that social bonds facilitate process. Hirschi merely presumes that

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    being labeled. The Labelling Theory claims that deviance and conformity result from not a persons’ actions but how people respond to the actions. This theory is not only a criminological theory but a social theory

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    NORMALIZATION The process of normalization begins with a user view of some kind (Report‚ Table‚ Screen display‚ Document‚ etc...). This view should be about some kind of important data (Invoice‚ Purchase order‚ Project details‚ Registration form‚ etc....). Example: Consider the following Project Management Report Project Management Report Project Code: PC010 Project Manager: M. Philips Project Title: Database System Project budget: 240.000$ Employee No. Emp. Name Dept

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    or not. This is the cop in our minds. An example would be religion and culture. Deviance is the occurrence of purposely defying these norms and standards. I choose deviance because the world alone has a negative connotation but deviance can be a good thing. Deviance varies among cultures. Different cultures have different societal norms and these norms determine whether or not something is considered deviant. Deviance is only relevant when others perceive you to be deviant. I remember watching a

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    Stephen Abbott Satterlund Soc 111 May 12‚ 2012 Deviance Deviance is the social concept that behaviors which violate the norms are wrong‚ or shameful in some way. The movie Cruel Intentions is full of social concepts like role‚ deviance‚ class conflict‚ and gender theories. I have chosen to write about deviance because it seemed to be the overwhelming cause behind all the other social themes that occurred. Deviance is shown throughout the movie in many forms and based on perceptions of varying

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    SOC101-Intro to Sociology March 2013 1. Part A. Describe the sociological concept of deviance. Briefly explain each of the approaches to explaining deviance (functionalist perspective‚ interactionist perspective‚ conflict perspective)‚ telling which is most convincing to you and why. Provide examples from your own experience as appropriate. 2. Part B. Analyzing your own life; discuss your status in terms of ascribed status‚ achieved status‚ and master status. For each of these statuses‚ discuss

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    “Labelling theory claims that deviance and conformity results not so much from what people do but from how others respond to those actions‚ it highlights social responses to crime and deviance” (Macionis and Plummer‚ 2005). The labelling theory is strongly connected to Durkheim and his sociological ideas of symbolic interactionism and conflict theory. The theory

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