SOC100H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Occupational Segregation, Erving Goffman, Total Institution
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Define: settings in which people are isolated from the larger society and under the strict control and constant supervision of a specialized staff. Primary purpose is to control most aspects of its participants" lives. Analyze social significance: operates as an agent of resocialization. These institutions break down the barriers that separate our different spears of life. For a total institution to be effective, every aspect of people"s daily lives are conducted in the same place and has the same authority. All daily activities are covered by a single rational plan. Resocialization is often rapid and thorough, even in the absense of initiation rites. Example: asylums and prisons (or expirment involving mock prisons) aim of prison resocialization. When you are in a group (such as a prison), you are doing the same thing and it"s hard for people to distinguish themselves among others. Define: lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group.
