Ideal Society: Groups and Deviance

Instructions

1. You are going to expand your ideas for an ideal society to include groups and deviance. Your writing will cover three sections: key components, theory, and the people.

Project Sections (Be sure to address the following questions in each section.)

Key Components:

• What are the different types of groups (e.g., primary groups, secondary groups, reference groups, formal groups, in-groups, and out-groups) within a society?
• What are the main characteristics of a group?
• How does the group fit the needs of the society and individuals?
• What is deviance?
• How can deviance contribute to society? How does it detract?

Theory:

• How does Merton’s five-part typology of deviance fit within an ideal society? How can the theory explain stigmas?

People:

• How do the different types of groups (primary groups, secondary groups, reference groups, formal groups, in-groups, and out-groups) impact people?
• How do people engage and contribute when they are part of an in-group?
• What are the benefits and drawbacks of belonging? How do people conform to groups?
• How do groups control individuals?
• What occurs when people are not part of a group? How might they react?
• Why do people consider deviance a mental illness?
  

Instructions

• Please include proper formatting throughout the writing. 
• Use APA Style to format the title page, reference page, and citations. 
• Use third-person language, double-spacing, a 12-point font, and one-inch margins. 
• Articles must include at least three sources from academic books or journal articles cited in APA Style.