Work of Goffman Flashcards

1
Q

What field does Goffman cover?

A

Mental Illness

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Is Goffman an Marxist/Functionalist/Interactionist?

A

Interactionist

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What is Goffman concerned about?

A

How the attachment of the label of ‘mentally ill’ can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, through the consequences that follow for those individuals.

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What did Goffman argue psychiatric hospitals are example of?

A

Total institutions

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What is total institutions?

A

An isolated and enclose social institution, like a mental hospital or prison, whose primary purpose is to control most aspects of the individuals in them.

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What did Goffman suggest happens once a person is labelled as mentally ill and chooses or is forced to enter a psychiatric hospital as a patient?

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Then the insanity roles is confirmed and the career of the psychiatric patient begins.

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