Interactionist Analysis of Youth Cultures (P1)

Question 1

Summarise the Interactionist perspective

Answer 1

Social interactions help us understand society better and each interaction refines our norms and values

Question 2

What is Interactionism also known as?

Answer 2

Labelling theory

Question 3

What did Howard Becker argue?

Answer 3

We often stereotype and group people based on similar characteristics and label that group of people

Question 4

What did Becker say we expect from labelling groups?

Answer 4

That everyone in that group will act in a similar way

Question 5

What helps make labels stick more?

Answer 5

When they are given to people by someone with authority

Question 6

What is an example of labels sticking more?

Answer 6

A teacher labelling a student as high achieving.

Question 7

What is an example of a label given to someone not sticking?

Answer 7

A student labelling a teacher as dumb

Question 8

What is a master status?

Answer 8

A label given to someone that overrides all of their other qualities

Question 9

What is a self fulfilling prophecy?

Answer 9

A very important label to someone shapes their life, even if they weren’t like it before

Question 10

What are some powerful label examples?

Answer 10

Disabled Criminal Ex-prisoner

Question 11

How did Becker say deviance was created in society?

Answer 11

By society making certain rules

Question 12

What happens to people who break the society’s rules?

Answer 12

They become outsiders

Question 13

Is outsider a master status?

Answer 13

It can be

Question 14

What could be an effect of being labelled an outsider?

Answer 14

The person becomes a self fulfilling prophecy and acts like one and associates with other outsiders

Question 15

How many stages to the labelling process are there?

Answer 15

5

Question 16

What is the first stage to the labelling process?

Answer 16

People are grouped together based on similar social characteristics

Question 17

Examples of shared social characteristics

Answer 17

Social class People who study a lot

Question 18

What is the 2nd stage of the labelling process?

Answer 18

A label is applied

Question 19

What is the 3rd stage of the labelling process?

Answer 19

The person who has been labelled views themselves through the label

Question 20

What is the 4th stage of the labelling process?

Answer 20

Others view the person with their label

Question 21

What is the final stage of the labelling process?

Answer 21

The person who has been labelled fulfils their label

Question 22

What is it called when a person becomes the label that they have been given?

Answer 22

Self fulfilling prophecy

Question 23

How do interactionists suggest youth cultures react to labels?

Answer 23

Youth cultures may form from labels given to them Labelling of pre-existing youth cultures can negatively impact its future

Question 24

Who did the Saints and The Roughnecks study?

Answer 24

Chambliss

Question 25

What were The Saints like?

Answer 25

They were 8 young men from wealthy families who truanted a lot and went out of town to act like delinquents

Question 26

What were The Roughnecks like?

Answer 26

6 young men from working class families who truanted less than The Saints. Targeted by police more

Question 27

What happened to The Saints after school?

Answer 27

They went on to have successful careers in high positions

Question 28

What happened to The Roughnecks after school?

Answer 28

2 of them became teachers 2 of them became serious criminals2 of them still occasionally did break the law

Question 29

What happened to The Saints when they were faced with authority?

Answer 29

They persuaded teachers they could do better or apologise profusely to the police

Question 30

They persuaded teachers they could do better or apologise profusely to the police

Answer 30

They were aggressive

Question 31

Who made the study of Disintegrative and Reintegrative shaming?

Answer 31

Braithwaite

Question 32

What is Disintegrative Shaming?

Answer 32

Labelling someone as a bad person themselves.

Question 33

What can be the affect of Disintegrative shaming?

Answer 33

The victim accepts they can’t change and continue acting poorly

Question 34

What is Re-integrative shaming?

Answer 34

When someone is shamed but is told they have bad behaviour instead

Question 35

What can be the affect of Re-integrative shaming?

Answer 35

The victim has only been told their behaviour is bad so they’re more likely to change their behaviour

Question 36

What youth group from Chambliss’ study will experience Disintegrative shaming?

Answer 36

The Roughnecks

Question 37

Which youth group from Chambliss’ study will experience Re-integrative shaming?

Answer 37

The Saints