SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Anomie, Ritualism In The Church Of England, Lawbreakers

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Sarah Clancy

Document Summary

There are three types of norms; violations and punishment for norm breaking is dependent on type (delamater et al. , 2015: Local or group (e. g. , family norms) violations will only impact relationships in the local group. Example: using a cell phone at the dinner table when it is against family rules (only impacts relationships in family unit) Subcultural violations may affect most of one"s day-to-day interactions. Example: wearing pjs to work (this is not deviant but for some, it may be seen as a violation of social norms deviance is in the eye of the beholder) Societal violations may involve formal social control agencies, such as criminal justice. Anomie unfulfilled goals and expectations due to goals/means gap (ibid; see also rohall et al. , 2014: goals / means gap: taught the goals for success, but not the means of achieving these goals (ibid) Strain: experience strain when we try to achieve society"s goals but cannot do so (ibid)