Primary deviance

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Primary deviance is a term created by Edwin Lemert that represents actions that are against norms of a society or a group but are relatively mild in which committed primary deviance would not impact one's self-concept. For example a student fails to submit homework on time occasionally would be outside the norms of the classroom. However if the act of primary deviance persists it may elicit responses from others which may affect the person's self-concept, for example, if the teacher starts to reprimand the student for not submitting homework on time repeatedly.

See: secondary deviance