Chapter+7+Deviance

__TERMS__
 * __Social Control__-(attempts by society to regulate people's thoughts and behavior.)
 * The Plastics attempt to control the society, the school, by telling people what is cool and not cool, fashionable and ugly, ect. In a way however, they do rule the school, everyone knows everything about them, including the teachers, they rule what is going on with your life at school, and they set norms on how you should behave.


 * __Stigma__-(a powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity.)
 * Cady is a prime example of someone with stigma. At first, she comes to school with no social experiences and is very lost, but somehow manages to find two friends. Towards the middle of the movie she grows into a popular girl that everyone wants to be. She achieves this identity by getting friends with that same identity.


 * __Labeling Theory__-(the idea that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions.)
 * In the movie, Regina and Cady are fighting, and Regina is hit by a bus, though Cady did not push her in front of the bus, many people would disagree. Right after that there are some interview like scenarios that say they swear that they saw her do it. Also Cady's mom treats her different because of this situation. All this people put a label on her as guilty of hurting Regina, even though they do not know the truth. That is their response.


 * __Retribution__- an act of moral vengeance by which society makes the offender suffer as much as the suffering caused by the crime.
 * When Regina got hit by the bus people said and believed that Cady was the one who pushed Regina into the bus. After the accident, people treated Cady like an outcast and like she was the "new Regina". Nobody would talk to her or even associate with her.
 * __Deviance__- the recognized violation of cultural norms
 * When the Burn Book got out Coach Carr's secrets also got out too. He was having affairs with two students, Trang Pak and Sun Jin Dinh, during school in the gym. He was arrested because in society it is frowned upon when teachers have sexual relations with students.
 * __Medicalization of Deviance__- the transformation of moral and legal deviance into a medical condition
 * When Cady joins the Plastics she has to go along with whatever the group does, this way they will trust her. So, Cady comes up with a lie that Ms. Norbury deals drugs. Everyone finds out and, even though they believe it is wrong, everyone thinks she does it because she is alone and depressed.