Using labeling theory, place in order from first to last the stages by which a student, named evan, assumes the role of social deviant.

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Jacquelyn Pierce

Social Studies

4 June, 15:19

Using labeling theory, place in order from first to last the stages by which a student, named evan, assumes the role of social deviant.

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Kristen Tapia · Answer 1

The order could go as something like:

Evan is late for school twice in one week. The school principal publicly calls Evan a truant. Evan’s teachers and friends start to treat him as a troublemaker. Evan comes to think of himself as a rule breaker.

In labelling theory, someone will become a social deviance after people in his/her social group started giving that person label as the deviance in the first place, which give reinforcement for the deviance behavior.