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Social Deviance Exam 2 Van Guerven
Social Deviance Exam 2 Van Guerven
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
03/10/2011

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Term
Moral entrepreneurs
Definition
construct morality, rule creators and rule enforcers
Term
Normative order
Definition
societies morals
Term
3 things normative orders do
Definition
1. Generate awareness
2. Moral conversation
3. Form alliances and coalitions
Term
Difference between alliances and coalitions
Definition
Alliances - long term multi issue
Coalitions - one issue
Term
Social power
Definition
the ability of a person to get what they want even when others resist them
Term
Influences on social power
Definition
money, race, gender, age, education, and social status
Term
Social class
Definition
has to do with wealth
Term
Social construction of drug scares (7 stages)
Definition
1. A Kernal of truth
2. Media magnification
3. Politico - moral entrepreneurs
4. Professional interests groups
5. Historical context of conflict
6. Linking a form of drug use to a "dangerous class"
7. Scapegoating a drug for a wide array of public problems
Term
Who typically leads a drug scare
Definition
Politico, the moral entrepreneurs
Term
Who charges themselves with the ability to name what is right and wrong
Definition
Professional interests groups
Term
What are drug scares normally about
Definition
Drug scares are less about the use of the drug and more about the group that is using the drug, who is normally already seen as a threat
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What is the purpose of Anti Smoking Campaigns
Definition
To make smoking less socially acceptable and protect the health of others
Term
Moral panic is strong controlled by what
Definition
the media
Term
Coercive reform
Definition
Passing laws
Term
Status quo
Definition
Rights
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Homophobia
Definition
the condemning or fear of homosexuals
Term
Lesbian baiting
Definition
by applying the "lesbian" label to females who advance in a male dominated world, used as a means of dragging them down
Term
Internalization of stereotypes
Definition
can become convinced its true
Term
Saints
Definition
8 high class "good boys"
Term
Roughnecks
Definition
lower class boys looked down on by others
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Saints vs. Roughnecks
Definition
Poor, nonmobile kids will be noticed more for deviant acts than kids with money and resources get noticed less when violating norms
Term
Visibility
Definition
how well they hide it
Term
Demeanor
Definition
how they act around/towards others
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Bias
Definition
How others act towards them because thats who they are
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Mental coloring
Definition
the process of figuratively painting an entire marked category to fit an extreme stereotype
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Mental coloring identifies marked people by
Definition
exotcizing and homogenizing
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Two ways to assign identities to others
Definition
Mental one drop rule and mental entire ocean rule, both work to separate marked and unmarked category
Term
Mental one drop rule
Definition
assumes deviance with the slightest hint of evidence
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Mental entire ocean rule
Definition
assumes non-deviance until there is overwhelming evidence
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Identity change process: inner change process
Definition
One must place themselves into a new category
Term
Identity change process: external change process
Definition
Changed tipped off by status cues from others
Term
Status cues
Definition
features of social environment that give information about certain statuses
Term
Two types of status cues
Definition
Active and passive cues
Term
Active cues
Definition
cues that people get from other people
Term
Passive cues
Definition
Cues not from people, such as clothes no longer fitting
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The process of changing identities
Definition
Leads to recognition- a person realizes their old status is not longer a fit
Placing- where a person comes to identify with a new identity
New status/identity- person moves to a new status
Term
Over conformity
Definition
overdoing the social norm
Term
Primary deviance
Definition
initial period of norm violations that does not effect ones self concept of idetity
Term
Secondary deviance
Definition
Norm violations that is in response to society affecting the self concept of identity
Term
Vocabularies of motive
Definition
used to create positive image for the wrong that is being committed, used to protect their identity
Term
Accounts
Definition
explain and remove responsibility after the act was committed
Term
two types of accounts
Definition
Justifications and excuses
Term
Justification
Definition
accept responsibility but deny the act was wrong, make the victim look responsible
Term
Excuses
Definition
deny responsibility but admit it was wrong, point to excuses that made them do it
Term
3 stigma management strategies
Definition
Concealment, avoidance, deviance avowal
Term
concealment
Definition
working to contain the news of the bankruptcy
Term
Avoidance
Definition
keeping the bankruptcy from others to avoid embarrassing situations
Term
Stigma
Definition
an undesired differentness than what is anticipated or normal
Term
Deviance avowal
Definition
social distancing, lessoning the stigma by saying their case wasn't typical
Term
Hypermasculinity
Definition
hostility towards homosexuals and women combined with heterosexuals attempt to distance themselves from homosexuals and women by emphasizing masculinity
Term
Organizationally labeled
Definition
labeling done by people who work in mental health organizations
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