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In sociology, deviance describes an action or behavior that violates social norms, including a formally enacted rule (e.g., crime), as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., rejecting folkways and mores).n sociology, conflict theory states that society or an organization functions so that each individual participant and its groups struggle to maximize their benefits, which inevitably contributes to social change such as political changes and revolutions.
Therefore, the normativeapproach would condemn spitters because such behavior falls short of norma-tive expectations. However, the normative approach for deviance would notclassify athletic super-stars as deviants because such behaviors concern perfor-mance as opposed to a normative expectation. Second, the definition specifiespositive deviance in relationship to regular or typical behaviors (Clinard &Meier, 2001).