Question 1

Differentiate between disintegrative shaming and reintegrative shaming.

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Question 2

Explain why deviance specialists that lean toward the more subjective end of the objective-subjective continuum find interpretive theories and critical theories to be the most useful in their analyses.

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Question 3

Explain what a panoptical society is, and describe how anarchist groups have responded to living in such a society.

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Question 4

Consider Goffman's (1959) notion of dramaturgy. Describe its basic assumptions, and distinguish between front-stage selves and back-stage selves. Explain how these assumptions and concepts are related to the concept of stigmatization, and describe how Americans of Middle-Eastern descent have responded to being stigmatized since 9/11.

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Question 5

Explain how feminist theories can be applied to the study of deviance and normality, and provide an example.

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Question 6

Consider the example of homosexuality. Select one interpretive theory and one critical theory. Then compare and contrast the nature of the analysis of homosexuality that might be offered within each of these two theories.

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Question 7

Apply the following assumptions of symbolic interactionism to your own life: (a) role-taking; (b) looking glass self; (c) significant others; and (d) generalized other. Explain how each of these concepts has played a role in your own understandings of "deviance" and "normality".

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Question 8

Compare and contrast Tannenbaum's and Lemert's versions of labelling theory.

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Question 9

Explain how ideology, hegemony, and false consciousness are related, drawing upon an example of your own choosing.

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Quiz 3: Explaining Deviance: The Perception, Reaction, and Power