SOCY 1004: MIDTERM #2
40 Cards in this Set
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a near total institution
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to a partial degree, not a complete degree
to what in high school are you cut off from society -- eg: closed campus
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a passive status cue
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trying on clothes and they don't fit anymore
seeing yourself in a mirror one day
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a spoiled identity
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takes a long time to build up a good identity--> really easy to lose it
"easily lost and hard to regain"
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a total institution
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cut off from society
total subordination (authority and hierarchy)
total control (24/7 control, control every minute of every day)
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an active status cue
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things we get from other people -- interaction with atleast two people
--getting teased
--catching someone talking about you behind your back
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appeal to accident
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I did this, it wasn't good
I shouldn't be held responsible because it was an accident
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appeal to misinformation
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Yes I did realize that I did this
I didn't know I was supposed to
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auxiliary
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linked to stereotypes of this master status
--male homosexual (go to the gym all the time, dress well, dancing, fashion, hair dresser, sensitive, "flaming", "catty")
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avoiding stigma symbols
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eg: tattoos, piercings, behavior, clothing, places you go to hang out, jargon
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blocked opportunity structure
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Merton's Strain Theory:
5 modes of adaption
people in society all share a common set of goals and ideals
blocked opportunity structure
legitimate opportunity structure
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counterfeit secrecy
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when someone knows you're deviant and they pretend not to notice it
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differential opportunity
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availability of opportunity is not equal
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discreditable
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concealable: something that isn't noticeable at first
EG: criminal record
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discredited
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unconcealable: something that's really hard to hide
EG: obesity, disabilities
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drift
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drift theory (Matza)
--one foot in both worlds
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engaging in a joint cover-up
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someone who would help in public as part of covering strategies
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exclusion
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part of the stages of the informal labeling process
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excuse
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admit wrongfulness of act
deny full responsibility
appeal to accidents
appeal to misinformation
scapegoating
biological drives
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interactionist
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interpersonal
situational and concrete
peers, family, role models
social learning
differential association theory
--who are your associates?
--what do you learn from them?
"throwing up theory of life"
"if you live life near the edge, you're gonna throw up every once in awhile"
dr…
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justification
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--sad tales (admit that the did it but justify it because of their sad tales. EG: poor MIchael Jackson, he had a tough childhood)
--self fulfillment (I need to do this to fulfill myself. sexual cheating, academic cheating)
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labeling
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getting caught&publicly identified
-people are going to watch you more carefully&differently
retrospective interpretation
-making inferences based on their past/family history
-use new info to interpret you according to your past behavior
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labeling (2)
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spoiled identity-takes a long time to build up a good identity-"easily lost and hard to regain"
exclusion
inclusion
treated differently
internalization of the deviant identity
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leading a double life
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acting like you're not deviant to one set of people -- reveal your true deviant self to the other set of people
benefit: get to be yourself
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master
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some statuses hang around toward the top and you can't escape them (EG: student status strong right now because in class, but when out drinking, not so strong)
known deviance status: race, celebrity
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normalization
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deviance disavowal
limited engagement:
-talk to the person and get to know other features about them except for their deviance
-see that there's more to me than just this deviance thing
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placing
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figure out where they do belong or find the appropriate identity that society has for them
select a new identity for themselves--but doesn't really internalize yet--just a label
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primary
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really difficult to keep up with these restrictive measures they've given themselves
start to turn to drastic measures to get the weight off/keep off the weight
people don't really realize what is going on--still able to hide it
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reaction
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much like Merton, a lot of people from every culture maybe grow up with their dominantly shared cultural norms/values
-they find they have a blocked opportunity structure (they reacted against the norms and values of society)
negative, non utilitarian, malicious
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recognizing
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realize that they don't fit into the identity that they think they used to
jarred out of thinking what category they fall into
in between stage
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retrospective interpretation
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making inferences about them based on their past/family history
think they know about your past behavior--use new information to interpret you according to your past behavior
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sad tale
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admit that they did it but justify it because of their sad tales
EG: poor Michael Jackson--he had a tough childhood
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scapegoating
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someone else's fault
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secondary
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Lemert:
have to get caught, publicly identified as being deviant, accept the deviant label
identity acceptance
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strain
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5 modes of adaptation
people in society all share a common set of goals and ideals
blocked opportunity structure
legitimate opportunity structure
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takeover
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"A" people takeover "B" territory
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territoriality
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"A" group migrates into "B" territory
--"B" people will dominate
--"A" people's behavior will be defined as deviant
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therapeutic disclosure
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allows you to have a more normalized relationship
maybe you are seeking out someone who is wise about this type of deviance
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using a cover story
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say you're doing one thing although you're doing something else
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using counterfeit secrecy
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when someone knows you're deviant and they pretend not to notice it
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using disidentifiers
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go out of your way to do something to prove you're not deviant
EG: gay and get a girlfriend
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SOCY 1004: TEST 3