SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: People V. Turner, Jock Young, Symbolic Interactionism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

Symbolic interactionism: people are active in shaping their world. (cid:862)realit(cid:455)(cid:863) is de(cid:448)eloped th(cid:396)ough i(cid:374)te(cid:396)a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith othe(cid:396)s. We all have different experiences leading to different perceptions from person to person: herbert blumner (1969): Humans act towards things on the basis of meanings they ascribe those things. Meanings come from the social interaction one has with others. You"(cid:396)e s(cid:272)a(cid:396)ed to (cid:449)alk ho(cid:373)e at (cid:374)ight (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause a f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)d (cid:449)as assaulted the other night. Meanings change as we try to make sense of the things we encounter. Labelling theory: explaining how crime and deviance are defined and how rule breaking is reacted to by those in power. Deviant identities: lemert (1969, primary deviance: initial deviant act, secondary deviance: societal reaction, internalizing the label, person who is labeled may internalize the label, becoming more of that label. Conflict theory: rooted in the work of karl marx. Marx argued that capitalism would inevitably produce internal tensions that would lead to its own destruction.