SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Symbolic Interactionism, People V. Turner, Labeling Theory
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Techniques of neutralization: pageant mothers engrained as who you are: once it is taken for granted, social life becomes so much easier, as it creates a shared understanding among individuals, creating a sense of flow. Remember: meaning and self are a product of social interaction. If the world is meaningful through symbolic interactions then nothing is inherently deviant we would have to communicate these understandings to one another of self. It is troubling when we label those that we don"t understand we place something that they aren"t: lemert"s social pathology (1951, how reactions/labels lead to a (cid:498)reorganization(cid:499) (cid:523)redefinition(cid:524) Primary deviance violation of social norms, usually not that serious, act might be act doesn"t define the persons (cid:498)self,(cid:499) label is not internalized, not part of ones sense. Brock turner convicted of sexually assaulting a 22 year old woman at. Shwartz and skolnick (1962) labelling & employment study.
