Deviant Beliefs/Cognitive Deviance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18936989 |
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| Authors | Robin D Perrin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosd058 |
| OpenAlex | W3211706070 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Sociological discussions of deviance typically focus on non‐normative behaviors . Cognitive deviance, on the other hand, refers to deviant beliefs . The study of cognitive deviance “reveals that social rules apply not only to how one behaves but also to how and what one thinks” (Douglas & Waksler 1982: 366). Beliefs are deviant if they fall outside the norms of acceptability and are deemed wrong, irrational, eccentric, or dangerous in a given society or by the members of a particular collectivity within a given society. Deviant beliefs are important to study because they reveal basic social processes and affirm the belief structure on which the culture of a society is built. In addition, the study of deviant beliefs is important because deviance is often the first step toward social change. Today's deviant idea may well be tomorrow's norm
Cognition · Irrational number · Normative · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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