SOC 2700 Lecture 8: SOC2700 WEEK 8
26 Dec 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Labelling Theory
•Symbolic interactional"
•Interactions between individuals and the meaning the Is made within interactions "
•Micro level theorists "
•How people create meaning out of a social situation "
•Not just stimulus and response:"
•Stimulus- interpretation- response "
•Study the interpretation and the meaning that comes from interactions "
•We dont always ask people, but we interpret their actions "
•Who’s reaction do we care about the most "
Generalized other: peer group "
•May not know them but we still interpret their reaction "
Looking class self: we see ourselves as the people around us see us "
•Doesn’t care about act only cares about interaction and reaction "
•Smoking is an example of how things have changed: smoking hasn’t changed the interaction
with it have "
How and why are labels applied? And the consequences of labels
•At some point people have to be applied a label to them "
•Doing something and someone labelling it "
Primary deviance- we all engage in something that people deal deviant (1-2 times); no
relationships effect, no change or effect"
Secondary deviance- label or reaction involved; drunk and get into fight so police involved
and you are criminal(everything you do is now criminal)"
• it is who we are now and it has to effect others opinions of others"
•Changes your self perception "
Master status- how we view individuals(oj= murderer)(can only see chandler as having a 3rd
nipple)"
Self fulfilling prophecy-is when a person unknowingly causes a prediction to come true, due
to the simple fact that he or she
expects it to come true. "
Stigma- for multiple reasons, but
can heavily effect the relationship
with them and the response to
them"
Courtesy stigma- your label
because you hangout with
someone else "
Discreditable- something that they
wouldn’t know unless you were
told (when she was in the bathroom
he didn’t know- the leg is the
discreditable)"
Discredited- you can visually see
or know (once he knows about her
leg, and the 3rd nipple)"
Being Sane in Insane Places
•Dehumanized "
•Thud, dull and empty "
•People are people not just a collection of symptoms "
Document Summary
Generalized other: peer group: may not know them but we still interpret their reaction. And the consequences of labels: at some point people have to be applied a label to them, doing something and someone labelling it. Primary deviance- we all engage in something that people deal deviant (1-2 times); no relationships e ect, no change or e ect. Master status- how we view individuals(oj= murderer)(can only see chandler as having a 3rd nipple) Self ful lling prophecy-is when a person unknowingly causes a prediction to come true, due to the simple fact that he or she expects it to come true. Stigma- for multiple reasons, but can heavily e ect the relationship with them and the response to them. Courtesy stigma- your label because you hangout with someone else. Discreditable- something that they wouldn"t know unless you were told (when she was in the bathroom he didn"t know- the leg is the discreditable)
