ECON 2030 Chapter : 9 10 Econ Lab Ppt
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Final exam: saturday december 10 at 12:30, all notes. The process of punishing deviance brings out the behavior we are trying to prevent. Symbolic interactionism comes from small group interactions, gets social identity. Master status is our main identity, the one that really stands out. Ex: judge, because it carries beyond the office, people call him judge outside the courtroom. Ex: senators, even if they are not a senator anymore they are still referred to as this, such as president. Stigma a bad master status, a spoiled identity. The master status of criminal is a very powerful one, it overshadows everything else, it represents others reactions to this person. Stigma contest the process by which, the courts try to impose a stigma on a person, labeling them as a bad person. Status degradation ritual where the persons status is officially lowered in the eyes of others ceremony.
