Imagine you're the interviewer and you interview someone who has arrived late and presented themselves in a very lazy manner; you'd immediately form the impression that this person is abnormal. Cultures do vary throughout different societies though, therefore there isn't one universal set of rules; this is known as 'cultural relativism'. What can be considered normal in one culture can be interpreted as highly abnormal in another. Consequently an individual could be labelled as mentally ill of 'abnormal'. This is a limitation of this definition of abnormality because It could mean people could misread another's behaviour as 'abnormal' when maybe that just follow another culture etc.
Discuss the factors that contribute to prejudice and discrimination and identify some techniques for reducing the development of prejudice and discrimination. Prejudice and discrimination have been prevalent throughout human history. Prejudice has to do with a negative attitude held by a person about members of a particular group, while discrimination refers to behaviors directed differently against people because of prejudice toward the social group they belong to. Prejudice is the attitude and discrimination is the behavior that can result from the attitude. Discrimination can be controlled by laws, but the prejudicial attitude can’t be easily controlled.
Justice is what is seen to be right and just by society and this means that society is catered for. However, an outsider does not conform with society so what they may think is just is different to society. These conflicting views mean that societies justice can be placed on the outsider. Outsiders are often isolated, they don't fit in or necessarily want to fit in . They often don't pick up on the nrules or cues society have to operate.
Also, we need to consider cultural relativity, which means that certain actions may be accepted in some cultures but not all, like Western cultures are different to Eastern. For deviation from social norms, there is always the chance of social norms changing between cultures and over time, this means that people’s conceptions of abnormality will also change as both those factors affect how humans see the world. For example, in 1973, homosexuality was regarded as a sexual illness but nowadays, it is not as discriminated against, even if some people consider it wrong, the vast majority accept it. Also, the classification of abnormality can only be based on the context in which the behaviour occurs, as in the difference between changing in a bathroom and changing in the classroom.
People judge other people due to their dress, their skin color, the way they talk, their hair style or the music they listen to and gather these individuals into a view called a stereotype. People who differ from the majority in any given society are deemed different and are viewed that way by the majority of a society. Labeling Theory deals with this notion of stereotypes as it relates to a societies definition of deviance. "Deviance is not a quality of the act the person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an offender. The deviant is one to whom that label has successfully been applied; deviant behavior is behavior that people so label."
Social disorganization creates negative attributes of social control in racial or ethnic groups through normal convention means of unreliable support to enable individuals to resist from committing illegal actions. This type of dysfunctional aspect allows individuals to experience negativity within communities that reduces the desire or motivation factors needed to maintain social organization and conventional (contemporary) characteristics. Social disorganization is created by immoral dedication or partnership from community population
It was then that he realized he was different from the others, thus coining the term of having a “vast veil.” He noticed that having a darker skin color is considered a problem for the African Americans because of the “double-consciousness” that comes along with being in the American society. Being an African American then becomes a burden as they are being socially degraded by white Americans. As this burden takes a toll on their self-esteem, African Americans view themselves the same way that the
Why or why not? In my honest opinion prejudice is hard to measure because it cannot accurately be predicted or judge by a test. I feel like prejudice cannot be measured accurately because the test shows the association between different groups. The only thing I can see the implicit association test is measured are the groups that I may belong to or fit in. People cannot show the result of being or prejudice because people are known to select things that they are more familiar with, things that they are more commutable with, and things that they see in their everyday environment.
Al forms of discrimination will harm service users. Discrimination can affect all aspects of a person’s physical, intellectual, emotional and social health and well-being. Some of the effects of discrimination are shown in below: .Withdrawal from other people .A loss of confidence in own abilities .A feeling of not belonging in the care setting .Feeling Devalued .A Feeling of not being ‘worth anything’ .Stress .Poor mental health .Depression and anxiety, or anger and
Due to various underlying assumptions in psychoanalysis, it may sometimes lead to unfair practices of marginalising in society. Human behaviour has become more predictable and society has become extremely ordered. Individual freedom has been compromised. (Malchman & Alan) Foucault points out that not only is this idea of psychoanalysis lack a strong base, but the notions of normal are a opinion of some people in society, and this blind belief in a theory that is based on a number of implicit assumptions is dangerous to a developing society. The objective of Foucault's critique is mainly to question scientific thinking and these accepted ideas of normal