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Inspired by Ned’s Declassified School Survival GuideConflict theory, symbolic interactionism, functionalism theory & deviance.

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Introduction: Welcome! Oh hey! Welcome to Sociology 12-0!

Introduction: Welcome!

0So, you have found yourself thrown in to the world of Sociology!

0 It’s a lot to take in especially right now looking at the three main theories and deviance at the same time!

0 I don’t claim to know it all, I am however offering the things that helped me during sociology!

0 Rule #1: Don’t Panic!!

0Keep your cool and get things done and study hard!0The first thing you should look at is the main

definitions!

DefinitionsGAH! THESE DEFINITIONS!!

Definition Know How!

0 Rule #2: Know your definitions & remember them through examples.

0So this is what helped me studying all of the definitions; 0 1. Read the definitions.0 2. Write out the definitions. 0 3. Remembering the definitions and theories are easier

with examples so create those.

Definitions

0Conflict Theory: The difference between the people in control and the people under them. Issues between different groups in society.

0Functionalism Theory: Social stability and the ways that all parts of society interact and contribute to the whole.

0Symbolic Interactionism: People’s interactions to symbols and such things as that.

Definitions

0Deviance: behavior that’s different from what society’s norms are defined as.

0Deviant: a person who breaks society’s rules. You remember that kid that would always spit spit balls into the back of your head and get in trouble for it. That’s him. He’s a deviant as he is breaking a rule.

0Norm: what defines right and wrong behavior in our society. School rules are an example. They define right and wrong in the school community.

Definitions

0Positive Deviance: a person who will over-conform to the social expectations and rules/norms. An example that was always referred to in class was; if thin was in then this person would be too thin.

0Negative Deviance: Just the opposite of the above; the under conformer.

0Social Control: social control promotes conformity. 0Anomie: a time/place where norms are weak, not

there, or conflicting. 0Victim Discounting: If a crime happens to a lower

class person then it is seen as less serious. 0Stigma: a bad trait that is used to describe a person.

Definitions

0Crime: acts that violate norms and laws. 0Social Sanctions: rewards and punishments that

encourage conformity. 0Positive sanctions: smiles, pats on the back,

promotions/awards. 0Negative sanctions: fines, imprisonment, gossip.

Symbolic Interactionism & Deviance

What’s it all about?

Symbolic Interactionism

3 Characteristics of Differential Association

Degrees of Deviance

0Edwin Lemert’s made the actual distinction between these two;

Functionalism & DevianceHere we goooo!

The Basics

0Deviance and their contribution to society could make society a smooth operator.

0With that deviance could have positive and negative effects.

0Functionalism has 2 important theories; strain and control.

Negative & Positive Effects

Strain Theory?

0Remember Durkheim? Well, he’s back! Strain theory was his concept. However he didn’t name it.

0Robert Merton adapted it and called it strain theory. 0 If there are no shared norms in society, people don’t

know how to act and everything can become disorganized.

0When there are no or little social norms or if they are conflicting; this is called anomie.

0 It is most likely to happen when there is a missing link with the accepted goals and a real way of getting them.

0There is one way to respond and that is conformity. You accept the goals and the legal means to achieve success.

0There are four ways that people respond to strain that are deviant and I thought that the chart that Ms. Carson used helped me a lot.

Responses to Strain

So… What Does That Chart Mean?

0 Innovation is the most obvious type and the most prevalent. They want/accept success but they don’t use legal ways to get the success they want. They may use criminal behaviour to get success.

0 Rebellion is that they do not want success and nor the ways to get it. They make their own goals and ways of getting it.

0 Ritualism is when they do not want success but they use means to achieve it. It’s like the people are just going through the motions and they don’t really care about what they’re doing.

0 Retreatism is when they don’t want success or the means of getting it. It’s sort of like rebellion but they don’t replace the goals.

0Rule #3: Make a flow chart to remember these better. Here is an example of mine that I made;

Conflict Theory & DevianceLast one, you can do this!

How it Relates

0We looked at the conflict theory as a relationship between minorities, crime, and the judicial system. I want to relate it to a media related example. But here is the rundown of minorities and the judicial system.

0This theory supports that the minorities in society get treated unequally in the judicial system. It is found that non-white people are more likely to be convicted as guilty.

0This is known as victim discounting.

The Hunger Games

0What?!? Where?!? Yeah, I’m a Hunger Games fan. I read all the books and they are great!

0Ms. Carson brought up that conflict theory is present in the series. I never thought about it until then and I started to see it.

0 ***WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILERS!!***

0So, if you have read the books; you would know that the world has now been made in to 12 Districts and The Capitol who runs everything and can control everything; including a persons death.

The Hunger Games

0The Capitol is the running party and at one time there were 13 Districts. The 13th District rose up and fought the oppressive Capitol.

0District 13 was obliterated and blown off the map. Now to remind the people of the 12 remaining Districts; the Capitol has created The Hunger Games.

0Each District offers up one male and one female between the ages of 12 and 18 to compete in the Hunger Games where they will fight to the death until only one person is left standing,

0People have taken it for 74 years until Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are thrown in to the Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games

0Peeta and Katniss are known as the star crossed lovers after Peeta admits his undying love for her in front of everyone. Everyone wants them both to live through the games but they know that there will only be one winner.

0Katniss, unknowingly, starts an uprising while in the games. She makes a statement with one of the tributes when they die.

0When this person dies; she covers the person in flowers to represent that all of the tributes are not just pawns in their game.

0Katniss starts and leads a hard and tough uprising against the Capitol

The Hunger Games

0The capitol thinks that this will pass (victim discounting) and think that they are untouchable.

0The governing in Panem is a dictatorship and they do not have a relationship with the people of the districts. So the districts could be considered the minority and the capitol the judicial system. That is the connection.

0There are other connectors but they are farther ahead in the series so I will stop there.

White Collar Crime

0Crimes that are committed by higher status people and relate to their jobs.

0The punishment is usually more lenient and not as severe.

The EndThe EndGood luck!

I hope this helps!