Labeling, Social Learning, and Positive Deviance: A Look at High Achieving Students

Authors

Nicole Shoenberger, Penn State Behrend
Alex Heckert, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Druann Heckert, Fayetteville State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-3-2015

Abstract

High achievers are an intriguing case in that they are often stigmatized by peers as rate-busters and concurrently adulated as positive deviants by their parents and teachers. Theories developed to explain negative deviants have potential to also illuminate positive deviance. High achievers were interviewed and both labeling theory and social learning theory were applied to explain aspects of their experiences.

Recommended Citation

Shoenberger, Nicole; Heckert, Alex; and Heckert, Druann, "Labeling, Social Learning, and Positive Deviance: A Look at High Achieving Students" (2015). College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 368.
https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/college_humanities_social_sciences/368