Short-Answer Questions
Answer the following questions in a short paragraph or two.
What are the four possible responses to anomie? Explain each one and give an example (but not one from the textbook).
The four responses to anomie are: ritualism, retreatism, innovation, and rebellion (Michener et al., page 462).
Ritualism: A person who maintains social norms but rejects society's goals and refuse to strive towards success. A person who works at a newspaper company for 35 years without a promotion or significant pay increase is an example of ritualism in America.
Retreatism: A person who rejects the goals/means and withdraws from social norms. An example is a teenager who feels abandoned by life might turn to cutting and not going to school.
Innovation: A person who holds unto the goals but finds alternative means to obtain them, usually illegal/immoral. A stock broker might skim money to make himself/herself/their self rich.
Rebellion: A person who attempts to overthrow existing goals and establish new ones. Hugh Hefner threw out existing goals about sexuality and made new goals with his widely popular magazine Playboy.
What factors affect the reaction to rule breaking? Include characteristics of the actor, …show more content…
If a person can not avoid the situation, he/she/they restricts him/her/their self by not saying much and being vague about their responses or reactions until they can ascertain the situation (Goffman, page 161). The easiest way to save fact is to accept the offer to correct behavior, most often by apologizing or making it seem like it was not part of their character (Goffman, page 162). Goffman also suggest that the person trying to save face would offer compensation to the injured directly. A person may also employ a more aggressive use of face-work in order to seem more in control and turn the tables on the aggressor (person who called them out) (Goffman, page
Answer the following questions in a short paragraph or two.
What are the four possible responses to anomie? Explain each one and give an example (but not one from the textbook).
The four responses to anomie are: ritualism, retreatism, innovation, and rebellion (Michener et al., page 462).
Ritualism: A person who maintains social norms but rejects society's goals and refuse to strive towards success. A person who works at a newspaper company for 35 years without a promotion or significant pay increase is an example of ritualism in America.
Retreatism: A person who rejects the goals/means and withdraws from social norms. An example is a teenager who feels abandoned by life might turn to cutting and not going to school.
Innovation: A person who holds unto the goals but finds alternative means to obtain them, usually illegal/immoral. A stock broker might skim money to make himself/herself/their self rich.
Rebellion: A person who attempts to overthrow existing goals and establish new ones. Hugh Hefner threw out existing goals about sexuality and made new goals with his widely popular magazine Playboy.
What factors affect the reaction to rule breaking? Include characteristics of the actor, …show more content…
If a person can not avoid the situation, he/she/they restricts him/her/their self by not saying much and being vague about their responses or reactions until they can ascertain the situation (Goffman, page 161). The easiest way to save fact is to accept the offer to correct behavior, most often by apologizing or making it seem like it was not part of their character (Goffman, page 162). Goffman also suggest that the person trying to save face would offer compensation to the injured directly. A person may also employ a more aggressive use of face-work in order to seem more in control and turn the tables on the aggressor (person who called them out) (Goffman, page