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what is social construction view?
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that there is no absolute, unchanging, or universal features that defined deviance. that there is so definition because it it is socially constructed by people
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what are the sub catergories?
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1. Relativism
2.Subjectivism 3. voluntarism |
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What is relatvism?
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Deviance is a label assigned by others
The label comes not from the behavior but is socially constructed Therefore deviance is not absolutely real |
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What is subjectivism?
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Deviance is a subjective experience
Humans are not lab rats, to be studied and controlled To understand humans and groups, one must see with their eyes |
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What is voluntarism?
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Deviance is a voluntary act
Humans have and use free will Persons believe their actions to have positive meaning |
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What are Social Constructionist theories?
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!. Labeling Theory
2. Phenomenological Theory 3. Conflict Theory |
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What is the Labeling Theory?
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process by which deviants and non deviants interacts. focuses on powerrelations. the relationship between the labeler and the labeled
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What are the consequences of labeling?
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1. Macro level (inward) once an individual has a deviant label and the label becomes a form of a deviant master status
2. Macro level labeler an individual that have been given powers they are representatives 3. micro level a deviant who takes on the image and they begin to identify the deviant status 3. micro level labeler a person that his or her own views on how to interpurt whats deviant |
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What is Conflict theory
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how the powerful define and control the powerless as deviants
Cultural conflict: what is right and wrong what is right in one and what is wrong in another social conflict: incompatible interests, needs, and desires of diverse groups within a society |
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what is the Phenomenological Theory?
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assumes that all kinds of people whether deviant or labelers are always wanting to defind or interprete deviance
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