Module 4 Study Guide

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Module 4 Study Guide
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deviant identity career 1. 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
master status self concept and others' reactions that take precedence over all others
auxiliary traits the common social preconceptions that people associate with these
"vocabularies of motive" legitimate reasons are presented to other around them that explain the meaning of their actions
"techniques of neutralization" 1. denials of responsibility 2. denying injury 3. denial of the victim 4. appeal to higher loyalties 5. condemning the condemners
Goffman's 2 potential deviant stigma categories 1. "the discreditable" 2. "the discredited"
"the discreditable" those with easily concealable deviant traits who may manage themselves so as to avoid the deviant stigma
"the discredited" either members of "the discreditable" who have revealed their deviance or those who cannot hide their deviance
"deviance disavowal" the non-deviants ignore the others' deviance and act as if it doesn't exist
"deviance avowal" deviants openly acknowledge their stigma and try to present themselves in a positive light
the identity change process 1. individual recognizes current status is inappropriate 2. individual must locate a new, more appropriate status ***achieved by external status cues***
recognizing the cognitive process by which an individual becomes aware that a particular status is no longer appropriate
the acceptance (or rejection) of a particular status doesn't occur simply because the individual possesses a set of objective characteristics
self-evidentiality the degree to which a person who possesses certain objective status characteristics is aware that a particular status label applies to them
the less self-evident a status 1. the more difficult the recognizing process becomes 2. the more likely that the recognizing process will occur through active rather than passive cues
placing process the search for a more appropriate status
the final phase of the identity change process acceptance of a new status
becoming bisexual involves the rejection of not one but two recognized categories of sexual identities heterosexual and homosexual
becoming bisexual process 1.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
in anorexia nervosa what percentage of body weight is lost 20-25%
anorexia nervosa purposeful starvation, embodies visual as well as behavioral deviation
bulimia binge-eating followed by vomiting, and/or laxative abuse, is primarily behavioral deviance
what was termed as an epidemic on college campuses? bulimia
eating disorders are most prevalent among young, white, affluent women in modern, industrialized countries.
individuals who develop anorexia or bulimia are conformist in their strong commitment to other conventional norms and goals. excel at school and work as well
the medical model has predominated rape is viewed as an individualistic, idiosyncratic symptom of a disordered personality (rape is a psycho-pathologic problem and individual rapists are assumed "sick")
sociologist have long noted that people can, and do, commit acts they define as wrong and, having done so, engage various techniques to disavow deviance and present themselves as normal
excuses admit the act was bad or inappropriate but deny full responsibility
justifications accept responsibility for the act but deny that it was wrong (they show in this situation the act was appropriate)
accounts socially approved vocabularies that neutralize an act or its consequences and are always a manifestation of an underlying negotiation of identity
how 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
Admitters use what, while deniers use what? admitters use excuses and deniers use justifications
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