SOCI 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Labeling Theory, Nonconformist
8 Mar 2018
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Diverse claims - 1/2 questions on the midterm: scholars have different ontological assumptions, ontology is root basic assumptions about the nature of the social reality. More receptive to symbolic approach and labeling theory and cultural logic i. e. that the color black is used for all things "bad" Follow informal and formal rules of society: conformity: adhere to social norms, non-conformity: normative violation without reaction. Example: eating a condiment - mustard and ketchup sandwich: deviance: normative violation with a controlling mechanism. You have violated the informal social norms of the society to which others would react by attempting to control you. Friends started noticing and were annoyed - she was getting looks and other moms were mad. The controlling mechanism was everyone getting pissed off and her son coming up to her to tell her to stop: crime: violation of codified law.
