CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Symbolic Interactionism, Social Learning Theory, Labeling Theory
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The consensus paradigm (how do people view crime) Hagen"s pyramid shows people are not and consensus about all issues. Consensus crime: really bad murder, rape. Conflict crime: legally criminal but not everyone accepts. Social deviations: not illegal but not considered socially acceptable . Social diversions: once a social deviation, people now accept (ex. hipsters) People behave certain ways based on social structures. Ex. why immigrant parent only want their kids to be lawyers, doctors, and engineers. Saussure language is a system of signs (ex. Why does cat means a small fury animal) Levi-strauss society is the super-language creating unconscious mental structures. Derrida language is unstable with applied meanings, and meaning is influenced by power relationships. Society agree upon the meaning of a red light. People interact with symbols based on the mind, self, and body based on mead"s argument. Actions are shaped by impulse perception manipulation consummation.
