5 Days of Deviance Sociology Project - Fort Bend ISD



5 Days of Deviance Sociology Project

September 28th- October 2nd, 2015

Analysis is due October 6th. Absence will NOT excuse a late grade!

Deviance is differing from the norm or from accepted standards of society.

For this project:

1. Choose 5 acts of deviance from the list provided

2. Perform 1 act per day

3. Discuss act and reactions in class

4. Complete the analysis questions attached

Acts of Deviance

1. Eat sloppily in a public place

2. Sit at a new table at lunch and pretend you’ve been sitting there all year

3. Cut your toenails at the dinner table

4. Call your parents Mr. and Mrs. *last name here* all day

5. Wear a lampshade on your head to the mall

6. Wear a plastic bag on one of your shoes all day at school

7. Walk around campus with a stuffed animal that says “My only Friend” all day

8. Wear an obsessive amount of tacky jewelry

9. Talk in third person all day long

10. Talk to yourself in hallways, classroom, and lunch

11. Repeat everything you’ve said, but in a whisper

12. Talk only in rhyme all day

13. Walk up to people on campus and demand they be your friend

14. Hug everyone you come in contact with all day at school

15. Become a “close talker” but over exaggerate it

16. Carry around a sign that proclaims you love yourself and talk about yourself all day long

17. Tip people when they perform a nice act for you

18. Quote movie lines all day long

19. Wear clothes backwards all day long

20. Walk sideways to every class

21. Skip and sing while going to class

22. Speak with a fake accent all day

23. Address all your teachers by their first and last name- “Andrew Dowdy”

Deviant Act #1:________________________________________________

How did you feel?

What were people’s reactions?

What type of deviance is this act? Conformity/Social Control/Norms/Crime

Did you get in trouble? Explain

What do you think should be the punishment for this deviant act?

Deviant Act#2:________________________________________________

How did you feel?

What were people’s reactions?

What type of deviance is this act? Conformity/Social Control/Norms/Crime

Did you get in trouble? Explain

What do you think should be the punishment for this deviant act?

Deviant Act #3________________________________________________

How did you feel?

What were people’s reactions?

What type of deviance is this act? Conformity/Social Control/Norms/Crime

Did you get in trouble? Explain.

What do you think should be the punishment for this deviant act?

Deviant Act #4_________________________________________________

How did you feel?

What were people’s reactions?

What type of deviance is this act? Conformity/Social Control/Norms/Crime

Did you get in trouble? Explain

What do you think should be the punishment for this deviant act?

Deviant Act #5_________________________________________________

How did you feel?

What were people’s reactions?

What type of deviance is this act? Conformity/Social Control/Norms/Crime

Did you get in trouble? Explain

What do you think should be the punishment for this deviant act?

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