A student wakes up late and realizes her sociology exam starts in five minutes. She jumps into her care and speed down the road,
where she is pulled over by a police officer. The student explains that she is running late, and the officer lets her off with a warning. The student's actions are an example of ______ A) Primary devianceB) Positive devianceC) Secondary devianceD) Master deviance
Primary deviance is the initial stage in the definition of deviance behaviour. The prominent sociologist Edwin Lemert conceptualized the primary deviance as the participation in the initial act of deviance. This is very common in society because everybody participates in the violation in the basic form.
