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module06 final exam.docx SYG1000 Module 06 Final Exam Rasmussen College G142/SYG1000 Section 03: Introduction to Sociology The question I chose to answer for the final exam is: 1. Explain wh... at sociologist Howard S. Becker meant when he said, "it is not the act itself, but the reaction to the act, that make something deviant." When the sociologist named Howard S. Becker said, "it is not the act itself, but the reaction to the act, that make something deviant." He meant that the act itself might not be considered deviant, but society's portrayal of it makes it such. In Becker's most famous book, Outsiders (1963), he describes deviant behavior as behavior that does not conform to societal norms and values and is thus regarded undesirable by society. What is deviant in one culture may be considered normal in another. Becker identified four types of behavior: unjustly accused, conforming, pure deviant, and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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