Read the handout "Drink 'Til You're Sick: What Explains College Binge Drinking?"
Answer the following questions (minimum 3 sentences EACH)
1. Which theory or theories of deviance do you think best explain why deviant behavior exists? Why? (See chart for info- posted under materials and also below assignment on HW page)
2. How and why can labeling theory be used to challenge the idea that binge drinking on college campuses is deviant?
3. Which theory or theories of deviance offer an understanding of binge drinking that could be useful in developing strategies to control it? How and why?
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1. I believe the labeling theory is the reason for devient behavior in our society. If one is labled as a devient person then they will persue with their devient behavior and prove to society that they are truely devient.
ReplyDelete2. The labeling theoury can be used for this because when people that binge drink are labled "frat boys or drunks" then they will continue to be drunks and known as the drunks by society.
3.association theory because if you spend time with bad people then there is a good percentage that you will be transformed into one of the bad people. So stay away from binge drinkers and this binge drinking problem can be stopped.
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The theory that best expains why deviance exists is the confict theory. This is becaused its strength is that it expains all types of crimes and deviant behaviors. The labeling theory can be used to challege the that binge drinking in college is deivent because it if people react to it as if it were bad than it could be considered deviant. The control theory could help control binge drinking because since people would have social ties, relations, and activites they would be less likely to be deviant.
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1. Conflict theory best describes why people do not binge drink. With the students who are commited to a married it shows that they do not participate in the reckless behavior. With the Greeklife and how they are involved in binge drinking, I think it's the enviorment that these freshmen are put into. Freshmen do not know any one at the college and are willing to do some thing that they might normally not be doing otherwise.
ReplyDelete2. Binge drinking happens all the time but because that it is labelled as not acceptible it is deviant.
3. Associative Theory because if you hang around with "deviant binge drinkers" than you will be a "deviant binge drinker." The best way to stop this is to stop hanging out with those types of people.
1. I think that the Control Theory best explains why deeviant behavior exists. I believe this becuase the numbers are higher in fraternity residence and lower in married couples. This theory applies there because there is nobody to control you in the fraternity and a very controlling person in a marriage.
ReplyDelete2.This can be used to label binge drinking becaue the people labled as binge drinking are people that are shown do to do devient behavior. Then when these people do these behaviors, them being already labled as devients, lable binge drinking as a deviant behavior.
3. A theory that could be used is the associative theory. In this theory you become what you associate yourself with. So a useful way to help prevent binge drinking through this theory is to stop people who are binge drinking from associateing with other people.
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The control theory of deviance best explains why deviant behavior exists. It is the only perspective that explains all types of deviant behavior. It explains why so many people are deviant as well as the importance of social bonds and conformity.
ReplyDeleteLabeling theory can be used to challenge the idea that binge drinking on college campus is deviant because students who are members of fraternities and sororities are much more likely to binge drink than are students in general. And for those who live in fraternity or sorority houses, the percentage of binge drinking is even higher. Also, students who are married are far less likely to binge drink. People who are married have strongly invested in social relationships that could be threatened, damaged, or destroyed by deviant behavior such as binge drinking.
The Conflict Theory can be used to offer an understanding of binge drinking as well as be useful to develop strategies to prevent it. People that are around those who binge drink are more likely to binge drink as well. This understanding can help to develop the strategy of keeping juveniles away from those engaging in deviant behaviors.
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1.The labeling theory of deviance best explains why deviant behavior exists. The label of deviant put on a person becomes their master status. Also by labeling someone you can give them a reason to act out. For example honors vs not honors kids, the student who isn't in honors may act out more. Their excuse could be "I'm in the stupid class so I'll act like it". Or is you call someone a "goodie two shoes" they can go out of their way to prove to you they're not.
ReplyDelete2.Labeling is something that is a part of college life. If you are part of a fraternity or a sorority can change how you act or how others look at you. If your sorority is know for having wild ragers and having everyone pass out, you'll end up conforming to it. Especially if you live in the house binge drinking is even more frequent.
3. The Cultural Transmission theory (associative) can be used to understand binge drinking. If you associate with deviants then you'll pick up the behavior. It is based on how you learn it by interacting with others. So by surrounding yourself or your children even with a "better" group, they can be less deviant.
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1. The labeling theory is the best theory to explain deviant behavior. This is the best theory because if a person is labeled to be deviant then they will try to live up to that expectation of what society labeled that person. Also, this tends to make people isolated from one part of society and closer to the more deviant side of society.
ReplyDelete2. The labeling theory can be used in society against binge drinking on college campus due to a few reasons. First, the labeling theory allows people to be viewed as people of deviant behavior and make them live up to that expectation of binge drinking. Also, this theory makes people isolated from one crowd and closer to other people who binge drink and make them closer to that behavior.
3. The cultural transmission theory is the best theory to control deviance. This is the best theory to use because it says that how a person interacts with other people and what they learn from another person. So, if a person is around deviant people then they will learn deviant characteristics but if they are around good people then they will not learn deviant behaviors.
--Parth Sojitra
1. I believe the conflict theory best describes deviant behavior. This is because even while some countries may consider an action inappropriate others may have completely different beliefs on it.
ReplyDelete2. The labeling theory can be used to challenge the idea that binge drinking on collage campuses is deviant for a few reasons. One being that as you gradually associate with these people even if you yourself do not drink others will see you as a drinker. This mostly leads people to live up to these ‘expectations’ of others.
3. The theory that could help counteract and understand binge drinking is the associative theory. If a person is more likely to hang around people who do not beige drink than they themselves are less likely to binge drink. But, s one associate with people who begin drink than they begin to see binge drinking as more of a social interaction.
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1) I feel like the cultural transmission and the labeling theory best describes why deviant behavior exists. Every single day we are exposed to a huge array of people. However, our group of friends and neighborhood has a huge influence on our behavior. Our personalities and behaviors are slowly molded similar to our friends. For example, Detroit is known as one of the most deviant parts of America. Deviant behavior is adopted from generation to generation because “deviants” are prominent in that area. Children learn from teenagers and their parents unruly behaviors and become deviant themselves. Also, I feel the labeling theory plays a huge role. Once you label someone a deviant it is very hard to escape this label. You are trapped in this label and ultimately majority of people will try to live up this label. For example, the US justice system is a perfect example. Once someone is put into prison it is almost impossible to live a normal life since everyone will know of your deviant crimes. No one will see this person as normal, but dangerous and most likely the person will engage in more deviant behavior because of this label.
ReplyDelete2)College students already have the label of a drinker. The labeling theory proves that once in college students are more likely to engage in drinking activities compared to that not in college. The labeling theory proves that once you label a college student a drinker that will engage in more drinking behavior. Binge drinking is becoming deviant behavior because people label these students.
3) I feel like we can understand why college students drink with the cultural transmission theory. It explains why people drink. People drink because they associate with college students who already drink. Many feel like they need to drink because they want to fit in or fit the “college student stereotype”. Campuses can utilize and analyze this theory and develop strategies to control it. They can try to control those drink and separate them from freshmen or those who don’t drink so they will not associate those who do drink.
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The Control Perspective of Deviance best explains why deviant behavior exists. It is the only perspective that explains all types of deviant behavior. It explains why so many people are deviant as well as the importance of social bonds and conformity.
ReplyDeleteLabeling theory can be used to challenge the idea that binge drinking on college campus is deviant because students who are members of fraternities and sororities are much more likely to binge drink than are students in general. And for those who live in fraternity or sorority houses, the percentage of binge drinking is even higher. Also, students who are married are far less likely to binge drink. People who are married have strongly invested in social relationships that could be threatened, damaged, or destroyed by deviant behavior such as binge drinking.
The Conflict Theory can be used to offer an understanding of binge drinking as well as be useful to develop strategies to prevent it. People that are around those who binge drink are more likely to binge drink as well. This understanding can help to develop the strategy of keeping juveniles away from those engaging in deviant behaviors.
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I think the Control Theory best explains college binge drinking. When students go off to college there is no one watching over them to make sure that they are behaving safely. For one of the first times they are completely free and if they didn't have much freedom during high school the they go crazy.
ReplyDeleteBinge drinking on college campus is not deviant because it is a norm. The labeling theory states that people who are binge drinkers in college are deviant, but this is incorrect. These people are not isolated or ostracized,but rather are invited to more social events. They also don't involve themselves in other deviant behavior just because binge drinking is considered deviant.
The associative theory could be used to explain binge drinking. If you surround yourself with people that binge drink, you are more likely to binge drink as well. If we want to control binge drinking we need to provide young people with more freedom and we need to separate the binge drinkers from the others.
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1. The control theory best describes why deviance is present in today's society. People hate to be controlled, and in the case of college binge drinking, college is the first time in those student's lives where they are not controlled by their parents and teachers. Naturally, it's bound to lead to some deviance. Binge drinkers feel the need to explore what is possible and lose control of everything for once in their lives.
ReplyDelete2. Partying in college is labeled as normal and often goes unpunished, so students don't feel as if they are being deviant. Students are simply seen to be going along with the social norm that binge drinking is okay in college. Drinking such excess amounts is only belived to become a problem once an individual leaves school and enters the "real world," which in reality is extremely untrue.
3. Associating yourself with people who have bad habits makes developing a bad habit so much more likely. Some students binge drink simply because they want to join in on the party. They don't see their habits as being destructive because they don't understand that there is no such thing as being a "social drinker."
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1. I believe that the labeling theory best explains why deviance exists. This is because once labeled as a certain thing, such as a deviant person, you might be more likely to want to either not relate with what you are labeled, or act deviant to exscape from being labeled as a certain thing. Many people do not like to be labeled a certain thing and will act deviant against what they are labeled to no longer be seen as that certain label.
ReplyDelete2. The labelling theory can be used to challenge that fact that binge drinking on college campuses is deviant because more people binge drink on college cmpuses than do not and everyone knows it. If everyone knows that it is happening and nothing is being done to truly stop this, then maybe it should not be labelled deviant. It is labelled as unnacceptable therefore showing its deviance.
3. Associative Theory because if you are friends with and hang out with binge drinkers or people who drink a lot, then you will be a most likely be and be labelled as the same. The best way to stop this is to avoid being friends with and hanging out with these people often.
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