Soc. 001 1st Edition Lecture 25Outline of Last Lecture I. Clicker questionsII. Cultural NormsIII. Cultural ValuesIV. DevianceOutline of Current Lecture V. Clicker QuestionsVI. DevianceVII. NormsVIII. Chapter 10 (final part) Reading AssignmentCurrent Lecture- Clicker Question 1: Deviance is defined aso Behavior that violates a norm- Norms are relative o The rules we follow depend on the situationo They are relative to the situation- Deviance is relativeo The rules depend on the situationo Thus violating the rules depends on the situation- Norms o Vary (change) across cultures and societieso Vary across subcultureso Vary over timeo Norms are relative to… Their culture Their subculture Their time period- The opposite of devianto “Normative”- following the normso Deviant behavior: stealing a candy baro Normative behavior: paying for the candy barEnd of Chapter 10 Reading Assignment- Total institution: places such as mental hospitals and prisons where intense socialization experience takes placeThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o **A place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of lifeo People are cut off from the rest of society and stripped of their individualityo No longer persons but objects (inmates, patients, recruits, etc.)o Goal is to take away the individual’s self and give him/her a new one that is more in needs with the social institutiono **Goal is Resocializationo **Often fail to meet their goal; often cannot completely erase the inhabitants’ individuality- Resocialization: o Generally begun by subjecting the individual to “degradation ceremonies”o Goal is to degrade the individual, or take away the individual’s self in preparation for giving him/her a new one Marine corps began with depersonalization: wore the same uniforms, got nicknames, had no personal possessions, buzzed
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