Definitions
Master status
the status that society has deemed the most important
breaking a social rule or refusing to follow one
deviance
for something to be deviant, it must be labeled deviant by a powerful group
Labeling theory
What were the main findings of “Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison” by Craig Haney, W. Curtis Banks, and Philip G. Zimbardo?
environment has a powerful effect on how people behave; importance of status and roles, as the guards were cruel to the prisoners and the prisoners experienced distress and depersonalization
Ascribed status
status you receive involuntarily, can’t change (usually given to you at birth); example: race
social position an individual holds within a group or social system
status
wants us to ask three questions to analyze how society works: (1) What is the history of society? (2) What are the societal structures? and (3) What kind of people prevail and hold power?
Sociological imagination (C. Wright Mills)
In "Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: The Development of Deviant Identities" by Penelope McLorg and Diane Taub, what is an example of secondary deviance described in the article?
Internalizing the label of "anorexic" or "bulimic" and continuing to engage in eating disorder behaviors
Secondary groups
larger groups that come together for instrumental reasons (to complete a task); example: coworkers
an attribute that changes you from a
whole and usual person to a tainted and
discounted one; term coined by Erving Goffman
stigma
theory that says one thinks of themselves as they believe that others think of them
Looking-glass self
According to Kate Averett in "The Gender Buffet," why did some LGBTQ parents socialize their children in ways that aligned with heteronormative and male/female binaries?
Some working class parents were afraid their child wouldn't be accepted if they didn't conform
Social structure
patterned social interactions and institutions that organize social life; example: family
routine, unspoken conventions of
behavior
folkway
theory that says marriage is more of a cultural symbol today
Deinstitutionalization of marriage
In "M/F Boxes" by E.J. Graff, what is the author's main argument?
many of our social structures are structured in ways that don't support people who don't identify in male/female boxes
Impression management
we learn to modify our behavior in accordance with what people expect of us
people whose anatomy doesn't conform strictly to male or female
intersex
Foucault thinks that because of constant supervision and routine, we have all become
Docile bodies
In “Clique Dynamics” by Adler and Adler, students exhibited traits associated with what sociological terms?
in-group/out-group behavior