Labelling

Attaching a judgement or category to a person, which can influence how others treat them.

The process of attaching a category or judgement to a person or group, which can influence how others respond to them.

A social process is something happening within social relationships, such as socialisation or labelling. A social issue, such as unequal educational opportunities, is a matter of public concern. Sociology connects all three rather than explaining an issue through personal opinion alone.

Attaching a category or judgement to someone, such as describing a pupil as ‘bright’ or ‘disruptive’, which may influence how others treat them.

For Becker, explain the links between labelling, master status, exclusion and possible further deviance. Labelling does not inevitably produce a deviant career.

Explain a mechanism, not just an association: show how poverty, peer approval or labelling could make offending more likely.

Distinguish improved behaviour from the removal of inequality: mixed-ability teaching did not eliminate negative labelling.

The process of defining a person or their behaviour in a particular way, such as identifying someone as deviant.

The process of attaching a social category or judgement to someone, which may influence how others treat them and how they see themselves.

The process through which others define a person or group as deviant or criminal.

Attaching a category or judgement to someone, which can influence how others treat them.

Attaching a description, characteristic or category to a person or group.

Attaching a judgement or category to a person, which can influence how others treat them and how they see themselves.

The process of defining a person or their behaviour in a particular way, such as identifying someone as a ‘criminal’.

Attaching a description or judgement to someone that can influence how they are treated and how they see themselves.

Attaching a judgement or category to a person, such as describing a pupil as ‘bright’ or a ‘troublemaker’.

The process of attaching a category or judgement to someone which can influence how they are treated and how they see themselves.

The process of attaching a social category or identity to someone, such as describing them as deviant.

The process of defining a person or their behaviour in a particular way, such as identifying someone as a troublemaker or criminal.

The process of attaching a social description, such as ‘criminal’ or ‘troublemaker’, to a person or group, influencing how others respond to them.

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AQA GCSE Sociology · 8192

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