WK 4 Chap 7 Transgressing

Question 1

transgressing

Answer 1

to deviate from social codes- break laws and social norms

Question 2

Conformity

Answer 2

when individuals accept society culturally sanctioned goals and follow legitimised means to achieve those goals

Question 3

Human agency

Answer 3

the ability of humans to effectively exercise power and stimulate changes in society culture

Question 4

Othering

Answer 4

the processes by which dominant groups in society deem subordinate groups fundamentally different and undeserving of equal rights

Question 5

Durkenheimian model of criminality

Answer 5

there is a place for crime in thew world, it is integral to the social fabric

Question 6

Innovators

Answer 6

those who accept the culturally sanctioned goals in society, but resort to illegitimate means to achieve them- e.g college admissions scandal

Question 7

Meritocracy

Answer 7

the idea that work ethic and talent lead to achievement in education, which in turn leads to successful labour market outcomes, and is unaffected by various social advantages and disadvantages

Question 8

Anomie

Answer 8

the sense that one is split from society

Question 9

Moral panic

Answer 9

when society reacts disproportionately to a social phenomenon, which becomes indicative of larger social problems and a decaying of society at large

Question 10

Neoliberalism

Answer 10

a state of society that frees the market from governmental regulations, turns economies towards finance capital and dissolves welfare provisions