I think it's interesting how the Stanford Prison experiments highlight many of the problems/difficulties with designing social research studies. How do you prevent individuals from "putting on an act?" How do you prevent them from feeling like they need to perform? How do you prevent sampling bias? How do you prevent the environment from having an overwhelming effect? The list goes on and on. #so345

Everything we read today illustrates how deviance is socially constructed and how behavior develops from one's surroundings. The Stanford Prison Experiments could never be truly valid because of how being placed in a prison inherently affects behavior. #so345

I thought this article from Anderson was especially interesting, especially in how he describes the racial divide in Rittenhouse Square as almost, if not completely, non-existent. It was interesting though how their was still negative sentiments against other "deviant classes" like the erasure of unhoused communities. In this society that seems to have broken down a lot of barriers, their is still some noticeable social divide. #so345

The Panopticon and systems like it have become fundamental pieces of the modern world. Every thing tracks us in some way, and sometimes we even encourage it. There are, of course, positive effects to smart watches, digital period tracking apps, AirTags, etc, but not enough people consider the negative consequences. These constant monitoring systems can quickly be used against you as each culture changes what it deems as deviant. #so345

The ideas behind social control at Disney World are very interesting. Everything striving to rid the parks of deviant behavior is embedded into human consciousness as soon as they enter the Disney Property. The company's forms of control is constant and ever-seeing, but still tries to remain obscured, as to keep a positive image. One has to wonder what other companies and worldly powers use these strategies, keeping their surveillance and control as silent as possible. #so345

Why do we force individuals to go through such long processes of positive deviance to break off their negative deviance labels? Why are those labels of social deviance so persistent? Even as a formerly incarcerated or unhoused individual fights and works to come back into "normal" life, they continue to face extreme stigma for years. Do all negative labels have a breaking point where they are no longer attached to you? Or are there some that are ever persistent? #so345

#so345 Is there a way to have extreme positive deviance? or is it something that we can only think about negatively in the terms of school shooters, mass murders etc.

I've always found social strain theory fascinating. We force on to children from a very young age that the only way to live well/achieve the good life is to pursue capitalistic and materialistic endeavors. This strain that capitalism puts on the world is what causes both social stratification and social strife. The pursuit to the fullest extent that we put on the world is bound to be pushed way too far by many individuals as they are told to believe that material wealth equals happiness. #so345

In my mind, deviance is affected by numerous factors. These may be biological, social, psychological, societal, etc etc. But all of these integrate themselves into a sociological understanding of deviance because of how society treats and labels those who may have psychological and biological issues. #so345

The cannibal on a bus story made me think about how we, as a society, never see deviant acts as a "one-off thing" (something that is hard to do as a sociologist). Every deviant behavior is thought to be a catalyst for another, which is not always true. #so345