SOCI 2445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Control, Psychopathy, Social Learning Theory
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Greatest change occur during periods of radicalization. It is when eric hoffman it is ultimately that people"s behaviour is challenged . Conflict does serve a purpose because it helps people revaluate their own. Louis cozzer: new institutions new norms new economical tech systems may be the result of conflict. Robert k. merton: social deviance is built into the system. Why: our society is a capitalist society, driven by the need for success which is defined by the, indicated that not everyone in this room will be successful: that"s the reality accumulation of money, wealth and power. Disjunction (gap) between institutional means and cultural goals. Not everyone has the means to achieve those goals. Anomie means normlessness, which in term creates a society in which certain things happen, classified in: alienation, normlessness, any of the protective factors that basically protect a society. Anomie stands to reason there must be aunomie from becoming dysfunction, disorganized and unstable.