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Module 4 Study Guide
Fichas del conjunto (32)
- 1deviant identity career1. caught and identified as deviant
2. attitudes change toward the deviant
3. spoiled identity/tarnished reputation
4. dynamics of exclusion
5. included in deviant circles
6. deviant is treated differently
7. "looking glass selves"/see themselves differently - 2master statusself concept and others' reactions that take precedence over all others
- 3auxiliary traitsthe common social preconceptions that people associate with these
- 4"vocabularies of motive"legitimate reasons are presented to other around them that explain the meaning of their actions
- 5"techniques of neutralization"1. denials of responsibility
2. denying injury
3. denial of the victim
4. appeal to higher loyalties
5. condemning the condemners - 6Goffman's 2 potential deviant stigma categories1. "the discreditable"
2. "the discredited" - 7"the discreditable"those with easily concealable deviant traits who may manage themselves so as to avoid the deviant stigma
- 8"the discredited"either members of "the discreditable" who have revealed their deviance or those who cannot hide their deviance
- 9"deviance disavowal"the non-deviants ignore the others' deviance and act as if it doesn't exist
- 10"deviance avowal"deviants openly acknowledge their stigma and try to present themselves in a positive light
- 11the identity change process1. individual recognizes current status is inappropriate
2. individual must locate a new, more appropriate status
***achieved by external status cues*** - 12recognizingthe cognitive process by which an individual becomes aware that a particular status is no longer appropriate
- 13the acceptance (or rejection) of a particular status doesn't occur simply becausethe individual possesses a set of objective characteristics
- 14self-evidentialitythe degree to which a person who possesses certain objective status characteristics is aware that a particular status label applies to them
- 15the less self-evident a status1. the more difficult the recognizing process becomes
2. the more likely that the recognizing process will occur through active rather than passive cues - 16placing processthe search for a more appropriate status
- 17the final phase of the identity change processacceptance of a new status
- 18becoming bisexual involves the rejection of not one but two recognized categories of sexual identitiesheterosexual and homosexual
- 19becoming bisexual process1.person in a state of identity confusion
2. period of thinking about possibly being homosexual
3. attempt to integrate one's self-concept and social identity as homosexual - 20in anorexia nervosa what percentage of body weight is lost20-25%
- 21anorexia nervosapurposeful starvation, embodies visual as well as behavioral deviation
- 22bulimiabinge-eating followed by vomiting, and/or laxative abuse, is primarily behavioral deviance
- 23what was termed as an epidemic on college campuses?bulimia
- 24eating disorders are most prevalent amongyoung, white, affluent women in modern, industrialized countries.
- 25individuals who develop anorexia or bulimia areconformist in their strong commitment to other conventional norms and goals. excel at school and work as well
- 26the medical model has predominatedrape is viewed as an individualistic, idiosyncratic symptom of a disordered personality (rape is a psycho-pathologic problem and individual rapists are assumed "sick")
- 27sociologist have long noted that peoplecan, and do, commit acts they define as wrong and, having done so, engage various techniques to disavow deviance and present themselves as normal
- 28excuses admitthe act was bad or inappropriate but deny full responsibility
- 29justificationsaccept responsibility for the act but deny that it was wrong (they show in this situation the act was appropriate)
- 30accountssocially approved vocabularies that neutralize an act or its consequences and are always a manifestation of an underlying negotiation of identity
- 31how do deniers justify rape?1. women are seductresses
2. women mean "yes" when they say "no"
3. most women eventually relax and enjoy it
4. nice girls don't get raped
5. only a minor wrong doing - 32Admitters use what, while deniers use what?admitters use excuses and deniers use justifications