SOC 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Space Shuttle Challenger, Auguste Comte, Symbolic Interactionism
7 Dec 2016
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Durkheims social cohesion (mechanical solidarity, organic solidarity) Group think (janis explosion of space shuttle challenger) Social control: systematic practices to encourage conformity and discourage deviance stems from socialization (how we grow up and are raised) and negative sanctions (punishments for rule breakers in society) Deviance: any behavior, belief, or condition that violates cultural norms in the society or a group in which it occurs. Ex: tattoos and piercings were almost unknown 30 years ago, today they are a common in society. Crime: an act that violates criminal law and is punishable with fines, jail terms, and other sanctions. Deviants are those people who have been successfully labeled as such by others. Process of labeling is directly related to power of status o f those who do the labeling and those who are being labeled. Labels are applied most easily to those who lack power to resist it is hard for people to escape labels.
