Subject : Sociology

Topic: Deviant Behaviors Submitted to: Ms. Wajiha Kazim

Submitted By: Nada Zain ul Abidin...36 2nd Semester BBA 2007-11 Evening

Date : 16th June 2008 Thursday

Institute of Business Administration , Punjab University, Lahore

Assignment

1. Which of following acts do you consider the deviant?Act Deviant? Murder YES (unless its for self defense) Alcoholism YES Parking on the double yellow lines YES (unless its because of an emergency) Shoplifting YES

2. List those acts which are, Both Deviant and illegal;

1. Drug trading2. Breaking into someone’s house or a shop3. Shoplifting4. Gambling5. Forging a signature6. Driving in the wrong way on a one way street7. Not stopping on the red signal

Deviant but legal;

1. Wearing casual clothes on an executive meeting2. A girl riding a motor-bike3. A man crying in public4. Trying to climbing up a downward moving escalator5. Having strange animals like a bear or lizard as a pet at home6. Having a mental or a physical disability 7. Wearing a sweater in summer

Are illegal but not deviant;

1. Riding a bike without a helmet2. Official asking for bribe in public sector organizations3. A company hiring people on basis of references even when the policy

states that the hiring should be based solely on the qualification and experience of the candidates

3. Comment in 2-3 lines whether a particular act is considered deviant may vary according to who does the act and where it is done.

If a poor, hungry, homeless man picks up a fallen piece of food and eats it, people are not surprised and consider it a normal thing. On the other hand, if a rich well-dressed businessman picks something lying on the ground and puts it in his mouth; his act will be considered deviant.

A man may be punctual and obedient during the week while he is at work, but on Saturday afternoon he shouts and jumps in excitement while watching the afternoon cricket game. Both behaviors are "normal", in their respective contexts.

4. For each of the following, list at least 3 acts in your school would be

Deviant only if done by the student

1. Going to the staff-room, without permission, sitting there and having tea

2. Calling teachers by their names only3. Being absent on an exam day

Deviant only if done by the teacher

1. Skipping a class or a lecture,2. Shouting, singing, and laughing loudly like the students during their

free times3. Coming to school with a spiky or a funky hairstyle4. Sitting down on the corridor floors or the grounds

Deviant regardless of who does it

1. Playing a guitar at school2. Coming to school dressed up as a clown3. Climbing the school trees and walls4. Practicing karate5. Wearing a uniform like dress6. Bringing a pet to school

5. Do you think that this list would vary from school to school?

Yes, for example practicing karate at a ‘martial arts’ school in Japan or playing a guitar at a school which has music classes, wouldn’t be considered deviant at all. Similarly at schools with uniforms, coming without it would be considered deviant, and not the other way round.

6. Which of these acts wouldn’t be considered deviant if done outside the context of your school?

Taking your pet with you (to the park), playing a guitar (at home/with friends).