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Justice Framework

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“Fairness considerations are moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong and what should and what should not be done” (p. 54)
-fairness
-based on moral beleifs
-what we should/ should not do

-Very abstract

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At justices core

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  1. concerns with fairness
  2. Emphasis on our perception
  3. evaluations of justice are subjective
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Four Types of Justice

D.i.i.P

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  1. Disruptive justice
    -has 3 principles
    -resource allocation & perceived fairness
  2. ** interactional** justice
    -interpersonal
  3. ** informational ** justice
    -truthfulness of explanations
  4. Procedural justice
    - the React to the Perceived Fairness.
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four types of justice: Disruptive justice 3 principles

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  1. Equality - everyone gets a equal size share
  2. Equity- things are divided up based on the contributions individuals make
  3. Need- things are divided up based on their individual needs
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Perceiver

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AKA the observer
- the one assessing the situation

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3 Assumptions abt justice

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1) Individuals try to make sense out of their social experience

2) Evaluations of injustice produce distress and tension

3) People want to relieve the distress by restoring psychological/ actual justice
- we need to right our wrongs

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The Justice Model

PF.SF.JE.R

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  1. Perceiver Factors
    ○ factors that influence the individual receiving injustice
  2. Situational Factors
    ○ Considering the situation itself impacts ur assessment
  3. Producing a justice evaluation - perceiver making sense of the situation
  4. Responding to the justice evaluation
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Inclusive Fitness Theory

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  • Argues we r more Altruism to ppl we share a genetic code to bc it ensures our genes will be passed down

-kin selection

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Evolutionary Psychology

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Social Behavior as Having a Genetic Predisposition

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Background Expectancies

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-What the world should be like based on our socialization

○ i.e. Background Expectancies is standing backwards on a elevator: back to the door

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Claims-Making Processes

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-Pppl reframe things to get a specific response

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Berger and Luckmann (1966)

Justice topic

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  • Reality is Socially Constructed
  • Focus on common sense knowledge
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Natural Attitude

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○ We experience the world as a ongoing stream

○ we create our own reality: let us move into our world in a easy way

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key role in Social Construction of Our Reality

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language

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Spector and Kitsuse (1977)

on Understanding Our Social Worlds

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How we understand things as Problematic
- Claim making process

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Ontological Gerrymandering

on Understanding Our Social Worlds

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○ Woolgar and Pawluch (1985)
- Some things are relevant and others are not

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Phenomenology

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  • by Edmund Husserl
    -The world is made up of shared meanings
    -based off of philosphy
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Skrapec (2001) Study

apart of devience

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○ Studied serial murders in America using a Phenomenology perspective

○ What was not being done: looking at the lived experiences of the killers

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2 main theory’s of self

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  1. COOLEY AND LOOKING GLASS SELF
  2. MEAD’S THEORY OF SELF
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The Self

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  • we are aware of our selves
    -makes humans different from animals

Both passive and active
○ Active self: more impulsive, not following societal rules

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Three Stages of Self Development

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  1. Preparatory Stage – birth – AGE: 2-3
  2. Play Stage – AGE: 2-6
  3. Game Stag - age 7+
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Three Stages of Self Development: Preparatory Stage

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  • imitation stage
  • age: 2-3
  • they are following others, not much understanding
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Three Stages of Self Development: Play stage

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  • “playing house”
  • Age 2-6
    -kids can act in multiple roles, NOT at the same time
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Three Stages of Self Development: Game stage

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○ Kids starts to gain a social identity
-age 7+
-Language is key

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the self: Active
more impulsive, not following societal rules
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The I, The Me, and the Generalized Other
the I - active self the Me -past, socialized self The generalized other - internalization of societal expectations
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2 Theories of Identity
1. Dramaturgy 2. Social Identity
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Dramaturgy
- HOW people accomplish meaning in their lives
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Origins of Dramaturgy
- Kenneth Burke -created the 5 key terms
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the 5 key terms A.A.A.S.P | In Dramaturgy by Burke
1. Act § What is being done 2. Agent § Who is preforming the act 3. Agency § How the act is carried out 4. Scene § The situation, environment 5. Purpose § Why the act was done
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Goffman and the ‘Presentation of Self in Everyday Life’
· Uses theater as a term for everyday life 1. Impression Management 2. front and back stage
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Impression Management
○ We want to control the impressions we make to others of us
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George Herbert Mead theory
-the theory of self
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Front and back stage
○ Front: when we r with others, we are mindful of how we present ourselves ○ Back: when we strip down, we cant ever truly be in back stage if other ppl are there
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Henri Tajfel created what theory
social identity theory
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social identity theory
Having a Positive Self Concept
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Mini-Group Paradigm
· Series of experiments conducted by Tajfel · Findings: boys primarily gave money to those belonging to their own group - Even though they did not have strong ties in their groups, they would give money to boys in their own group
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Three Cognitive Processes - Tajfel | C.I.C
1. Social Categorization ○ We define ppl based on their social categories 2. Social Identification ○ You will behave how you think you should with that group 3. Social Comparison ○ Gives a sense of social status, prestige, 'we are better then you'
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Social Learning Theories in deviance & criminal behavior
* Criminal Behavior is Learned via Interactions & Associations with Significant Others
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Differential Association Theory – the 2 IMPORTANT Propositions
1. "A Person Becomes Delinquent because of an Excess of Definitions Favorable to Violation of Law over Definitions Unfavorable to Violation of the Law" - the essence of the whole theory -That breaking the law is more favorable then not breaking it 2.Criminal Behaviour is Learned -The core
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Deterministic
Assumes that ppl are passive actors, not much room for agency
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Differential Identification Theory - Glasers perspective
- Personal Relationship Doesn’t Always Matter -AKA we can learn things through non-significant others
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Differential Reinforcement Theory
- Created in response to criticisms of Differential association theory - We learn to be rational
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Differential Reinforcement Theory – 3 out of 7 Propositions
1) Criminal Behavior is Learned 2) Learned via Other ppl through Communication 3) The main source of reinforcement: ppl we have meaning connections to
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Differential Reinforcement Theory – Operant Conditioning
-Looked at how Behavior is Influenced by Reinforcements and Punishments ○ Positive Reinforcement ○ Negative Reinforcement ○ Positive punishment ○ Negative Punishment
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What is Stigma?
Social Interaction is KEY
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Virtual social identity
What is expected of us
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Actual social identity
○ What the individual is ○ The characteristic of the actual person
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Three Types of Stigma | D.D.T
1. Discredited Stigma i.e. hair color stigma: blondes are not as smart 2. Discreditable Stigma ○ Can be hidden, invisible ○ i.e. mental health, sexual identity 3. Tribal Stigma ○ social category's ○ Goffman understood it has something we can inherent ○ i.e. race, religion,
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Rethinking Stigma: Park and Aggleton (2003)
-Bring in social structure and discrimination - stigma plays a key role of producing and reproducing power and control
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Rethinking Stigma: Link and Phelan (2001)
○ A co-occurrence of its components: labeling, stereotyping, separation, status loss, and discrimination -All of these things ○ For stigma to occur: power NEED to be exercised
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Sympathetic Other
the own and the wise
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Sympathetic Other: the own
○ Other ppl who are like u, belong to ur social category ○ They share the same stigma as u
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Sympathetic Other: the wise
○ Ppl who are aware of stigma and are considered normal but there are special situations that make them privy to the secret life of the stigmatized
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Courtesy Stigma
-occurs when a ‘normal’ individual is associated with someone who is stigmatized but who does not have their own spoiled identity
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prejudice
an attitude
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discrimination
the behavior
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stereotype
○ The way of seeing a certain group, typically negative
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classic Normative Approach
- We Learn Prejudice and Discrimination Through Socialization
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Sherif and Group Norm Theory
- Pressure to conform to the norms of the group -To change ppls attitudes: focuses on the group, not the individual
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who did Contact Hypothesis/Intergroup Contact Theory
Gordon Allport
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what is Contact Hypothesis
-Prejudice reduced via equal status contact between majority and minority working toward common goals -Strongest when the contact fosters the perception of shared interests and humanity. -Central theme; intergroup contact
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Contact Hypothesis: Four Conditions
Need to be Met for a reduction in prejudice: 1.Equal Group Status - The status of the groups being equal in that situation 2. Common Goals - Working towards common goals 3. Intergroup Cooperation -Interdependence of cooperation 4. Authority Support - Some type of authority, institutional backing
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Pettigrew concern for Contact Hypothesis
1. Causal Sequence Problem -A result of selection bias 2. Unspecified Processes of Change Problem -Not enough attention to the social process, the how question
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Criticisms of Contact Hypothesis
1. Increase instead of a Decrease in Negative Emotions -Further push the problem 2. Disconnect Between Research and Everyday Life -much of this research is from experiments -often highly controlled: not realistic
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how social psych understands justice
-causes a emotional, behavior, cognitive response & -Based on OUR perception & interpretation, not based on the situation

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