In Class Unit 3.2 Flashcards
(19 cards)
Typology of deviance
- overconformity
- innovation
- ritualism
- retreatism
Over conformity
legitimate ends - prescribed means
Innovation
legitimate ends - proscribed means
Ritualism
illegitimate ends - prescribed means
Retreatism
illegitimate ends - proscribed means
Example of over conformists
new converts
Example of ritualist
student giving up trying to understand, thrifty and hard working without purpose
Example of innovators
students who cheat to pass
Example of retreatalist
alcoholics, drug addicts, etc
Socialization deficiencies can occur …. (2 ways)
- though socialization, when members learn new roles associated with a status
- if socialization is deficit, the individual won’t adequately learn their roles and cause deviance
Inadequate socialization
effort made by socializer/organization but failed
Inappropriate socialization
adequate socialization to inappropriate definitions of situation
Nature of strain
misalignment in the structure of a system
Possibility of deviant adaptation can be due to..
failure to conform to normative expectations
Limited energy
too tired to perform to expectations because performance for a complicated status/ role set requires too much energy
Role set conflict
conflict within one status
Status set conflict
expectations between statuses conflict
Ambiguous statuses
meaning ambiguous expectations associated with a status
Person-status misalignment
everybody is unique, where sometimes your uniqueness is not a good fit for you status