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Dramaturgical Theory
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The theory that states that everyone has a front and back stage.
front- persona we present to the world. back- when you're alone or with close friends/family (when you relax). *essentially viewing the world as a play* |
dramaturical Theory |
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Impression Management
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when you first meet someone and act a certain way to achieve a certain goal.
"being fake" ex: acting professional to get a job |
First Impression |
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Face-Saving Behavior
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Damage control after an embarrassing situation
ex: after tripping and falling, you'll make it out as if you did it intentionally or as a joke. |
Saving your Face (Butt) |
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Breaching experience
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test how people react when a social norm is broken
ex: facing the back of the elevator social experiment video |
The enemy has breached the elevators |
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Social Construction of Reality
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Academic way of saying how the way you see the world is based on the context you were raised in
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How your social viewpoints have been constructed in order to view your reality |
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Cooley
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Created looking glass self-theory
*I am who you think I am* Creating an identity of yourself based on how others perceive you |
I am so "cooley" (cool) because you think I am or The way I see me is reflected through a glass for the way you see me |
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Mead
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"I, me, and other"
form of self- recognition *I wrote* *I took a selfie of ME* (double consciousness. I is internalized, other's see me, only I know who I am) *how I see myself vs how others see me* *OTHER = not you* |
I think Mead likes another person. |
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Status Vs. role
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status- position
role- the behavior you have to fulfill because of your status |
What is the role of your status lieutenant? |
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symbolic interaction
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how different things hold meaning/ symbolization
the cross and plus sign can mean something different to other people *symbols you find meaning in formulate your views of the world* |
Symbolic Interactions |
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Agents of socialization
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everything we've come in contact with while growing
*family, peers, education system, media* how you are trained to perform as the ideal member of society |
Agents are trained to perform their duties well in their given Socialization |
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Role strain vs. Role conflict
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strain- difficulty keeping up with different attributes to a singular status
conflict- tension arising between two or more different statuses *obligation as a student conflict with obligations as a sibling* |
Strain- 1 status Conflict- 2 statuses |
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Status set
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list of statuses that you have
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Every set of statuses |
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Achieved vs Ascribed statuses
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Achieved- you chose that status on your own (being a bio major, being a junkie- don't want but was earned)
Ascribed- status given to you and you can't change (prince, your age, your race, your sex) |
The Prince was ascribed to Kingly priest hood |
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Dyad vs Triad (?)
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Dyad- most intimate group because it involves 2 people. "Pure" dyad's have to be voluntary
Relates to Simmel Triad- 3 people, members not dependent on one another to survive. ex: a father leaves, but the triad turned dyad will still survive without him. |
Triad - 3 |
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Civic Disengagement
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growing trend in America of forming fewer social ties
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Disengaging with society |
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Conformity
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bending to the will of social pressure
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Conformity Experiments
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ex: Milgram's shock experiment- follow the directions even though they did not want to because of authority
Humans naturally conforming to the will of established authority or majority |
Milgram shock experience |
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Social Capital
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Having a relationship with other people is a type of currency.
Using a relationship to help you |
Social- people Capital- money $$ |
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Strength of weak ties
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using a weak social relationship tie to achieve a desired outcome/position.
*You KINDA know someone from high school, and attend their party* |
Sulmaan Khan |
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Social network
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basically everyone you talk to
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everyone |
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embeddedness
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How many relationships you have in a given network.
ex: In a group of 6, you are friends with 5 so you are very embedded |
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Primary vs Secondary groups
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Primary- family and peers
Secondary- everyone has a shared goal in mind, and is purposely a short-term group. (class group work) |
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In- group
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who holds the most power and makes the decisions
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are you in? |
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Out-group
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those who are not in the In-group and are often stigmatized. Voices aren't heard and hold no significant power
(Queers in a world of Heterosexuals) |
are you out? |
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reference group
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when someone shares a similar status and you start to copy/mimic. Group you look at to shape your identity/assume those characteristics
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Im looking at the cool kids as a reference of what's in |
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Social Tie
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Differences between or within a social network.
Relationship between person A and person B (their tie) |
Tie between person A and B |
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Victor Rios
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created the theory that greater police presence increases crimes.
(more police around, more citizens getting charged) |
Officer Victor Rios |
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Mechanical Solidarity
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focuses on societies that are primitive and many people shares similar roles
cohesion based on same-ness Independent members in society smaller society |
the workers who worked at the mechanical mill all shared the same job and felt a solidarity within the group |
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Organic Solidarity
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Dependent on others
Cohesion is differences Larger society |
the workers who worked at the mill, all had their own specialized jobs and had organic solidarity |
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Recent trends in the Criminal Justice System
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after mental hospitals shut down, many mentally ill became homeless, and then eventually go to jail
jails becoming the new asylums *inmate population increased and so has spending* |
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Broken Windows Theory
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certain concepts we grew up with affects our behaviors.
ex: Growing up in an area that steals a lot, I eventually will steal. Relates to Deviance and Policing (have to stop the small things, to prevent larger things) |
seeing thieves constantly breaking into windows growing up, resulting in me not seeing it as a very deviant thing |
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Index Crimes ****
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8 crimes that the FBI tracks:
Murder, Assualt, Burglary, Robbery, Rape, Motor vehicle theft, Larceny, Arson |
My Aunt Becky Reminisces of Rainbows More-Vile-Then Larry Anderson |
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Deterrence Theory
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Issuing extreme punishments to set an example from preventing others to commit the same crime
ex: Australia- DUI once, and license permanently taken away |
Australia and Shariaa |
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Differential Association Theory
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hang around bad people will eventually make you a bad person as well
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You soon don't become that different(ial) then the people you associate yourself with |
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Illegitimate Opportunity Theory
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commit crimes when it is readily available and easy to accomplish with no signs of punishment
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Your excuse of seeing an opportunity to committing a crime is an illegitimate excuse |
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Deviance ****
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Functions of deviance by Durkheim 1) Unites a group2) Clarifies the rules 3) Promotes social change ex: LGBTQA community The fact or state of departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior |
Uncle Carl Poops (a lot) |
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Labeling vs Stigma
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Labeling- there is a self-fulfilling prophecy from labels. Being told you are worthless, and then feeling and viewing yourself as worthless
Stigma- the negative impact of a label |
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Strain Theory
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If some individuals don't have access to social acceptable ways of achieving goals will turn to criminal activity/lack of respect for rules
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I'm straining to get by, so I'm just gonna steal this bread |
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New Asylum Video
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Prisons becoming the new Asylums
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