Module 6 Flashcards
__________- — a term referring to the process by which individual is oriented and taught by his or her society’s norms.
Socialization
- the differentiation from the general social template
Individuation
- consist of the roles and statuses that an individual learns as a child (sex, age, ethnicity)
Primary
- when a child encultured and socialized with his/her society, he/she will participate in the construction of his/her secondary identity (occupation, education background)
Secondary
___________ promotes the argument that individuals learn a repertoire of social roles from the society.
Role Learning Theory
_________ promotes the idea that individuals construct their own notion of the self through social interactions performed within a society
Theory on Symbolic Interactionism
___________ - refers to all those ideas held in a society that are considered good, acceptable, and right.
It informs the types of aspirations that members of
society aspire for, and these labelled as social goals.
Cultural values
___________ - when use/employed in relation to
values and goals sometimes the source of conflict within a society.
Conflict theory
__________ - argues that values exist to create unity and harmony within structure and fulfil the needs of the individuals.
Functionalism theory
4 Categories of Norms
- Folkways
- Mores
- Taboos
- Laws
- these are socially approved behaviors that have no moral underpinning
Folkways
- are the norms related to moral conventions
Mores
- behaviors that are absolutely forbidden in a specific culture
Taboos
- enacted by the states
Laws
________- - is an individual’s position in his or her society, which carries with it a set of defied rights and obligations. (status as student
comes with obligati ns and rights, which are defined as your roles)
Status
__________ - the sets of expectation from people who occupy a particular
status.
Roles
___________- - the behavior of an individua within a social
space in accordance to his or her status.
Role Performance
__________ - when a status has multiple roles attached to it. This multiplicity of roles within a given status.
Role Set
_________ the process of discontinuing with a role
Role Exit
_________ - is the act of following the roles and goals of one’s society. This behavior is often met with rewards and acceptance from
of her members of the society.
Conformity
_________- - is the act of violating the prescribed social norms.
Deviance
_____ - is a strong sense of disapproval on nonconforming
behavior from members of a society.
Stigma
- deviance is primarily caused by a lack in stronger social bonds within a society
Social Control Theory
- the individual’s decision to follow or to go against social norms is dependent on their perceived cost and benefit of such action
Rational Choice Theory
- conformity or deviance is learned by an individual from those he or she associates with
Differential Association Theory
- actions are initially not considered deviant until they are labelled as such by members of the community
Labelling Theory
- consists of opposing groups of people who access to power is unequal
Conflict Theory
- this theory proposes two perspectives in the formation of deviant behavior
Structural-functionalist Theory
- deviance is a product of the breakdown of social norms which produces anomie or social disorganization
Macro Level
- deviance is the product of a role strain that an individual experiences due to lack of resources to cope with the demands of the social norms
Microlevel
________ - consist
of the values that are
important for the
society.
Cultural goals
___________ - are
the processes that have
been established through
social structures such as
the government, school,
church, and even family.
Institutional means
_______– - individuals who accept their society’s cultural goals and that of the
processes to accomplish.
Conformists
________- - individuals who accept their society’s cultural goals but not the
process and use alternative goals.
Innovators
________- - individuals who reject the goal but accept the process, perform the
social norms without subscribing to the social goals that such lead to.
Ritualism
___________ - those who reject both the goals and the approach, which would
redefine the goals and process in a society in the form of rebellion.
Retreatism
