Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Labeling Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Self-Concept
7 Dec 2012
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Blue eyes vs brown eyes lesson in discrimination (jane elliott created categories of deviance) For all the other theories we have talked about: Deviance happens firs that leads to ----> social control. Basic control (when you label deviance or deviant acts) ----> leads to deviance. Prior to this it was common to label deviance as norm violation. It was absolute and inherent in the individual. They ignored those who created categories of deviance. Social reaction to an individual will produce deviance. Labelling has to do with societal reaction to particular behaviour, and the subsequent reaction of. Labelling someone or some behaviour as deviant is a process involving, interpretation, meaning the labelee to the label and the attribution of deviance. Interpretation influences how we react to a situation. Based on our stand point cultural settings and the characteristic of those involved. All of these factors influence the future events. All of which are based on social meaning.
