SOC346H5 Lecture 5: Full Lecture 5 Notes
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Social interaction: face-to-face process, goal of the interaction is to communicate. Includes different methods of communication (body language, eye contact ) Involves norm-bound actions, reactions, and mutual adaptation between individuals: meaning & interpretation is produced through the interactions of individuals. Me : who am i, others" view of individual, totality of my social roles (student, parent, gender ) That is your me : male/female, tall/short, student, sister, brother , beautiful/ugly, nice/mean, etc. who told you that: society (others) designated you, everyday you are treated by others as such. Others make a human being seem like dumb, mean, ugly . no human being is inherenly: dumb/smart, beautiful/ugly, deviant/non-deviant, etc. Two basic assumptions of interaction-based theories of deviance. Theories of creation of deviance & deviants (based on these assumptions) (1) societal reaction theory. Treated as indicators of deviance & other stigmas. mental illness as indicator of criminality or dangerousness. note: indicators can be combined (2) labeling theory.
