_________ Prisoners Are More Individualistic, and Their Norms Stress Autonomy

question 76

Short Answer

_________ prisoners are more individualistic, and their norms stress autonomy, self-sufficiency, and the ability to cope with one's own problems.

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Definitions:

Symbolic Interactionism

The perspective that people use their understanding of how others view them as the primary basis for knowing and evaluating themselves.

Social Schema Perspective

A framework for understanding how individuals categorize and interpret social information based on cognitive structures.

Social Role Theory

The theory that gender differences in behavior, personality, and self-definition arise because of a long history of role distribution between the sexes and error-prone assumptions that those roles are essential to men and women’s nature.

EAR Device

EAR (Electronically Activated Recorder) is a device used to record snippets of ambient sounds and conversations in daily life for research purposes.