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- face-to-face
- intimate
- able to confide in
- ex. family, close friends |
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- larger groups
- based on status
- no intimate interaction
- ex. work places, classes |
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- loyalty
- ex. sports team |
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- opposition
- ex. opposing sports team |
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- cluster within a group or its internal factions
- ex. friends in a class |
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| formal organization with a hierarchy of authority and a clear division of labor |
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| Five Characteristics of a Bureaucracy |
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- clear cut levels
- division of labor
- written rules
- written records
- impersonality |
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| false assumptions of something that is going to happen but which comes true only because it was predicted |
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| over half of US workers include women, minorities, and immigrants |
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- task-oriented
- keeps group moving forward towards goal |
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- not initially seen as the leader
- offers sympathy
- boosts group morale |
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| one who tries to gain a consensus |
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| form of tunnel vision that develops in there is only one "right" viewpoint and alternatives are seen as disloyalty |
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| anytime people are discredited and cannot gain acceptance back into society |
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| violation of rules that have been written into law |
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- stresses social contexts in which people live
- examines how context influences people's lives
- examines how groups influence people |
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| corners in life people occupy |
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| using objective, systematic observation to test theories |
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| things we attach meaning to (symbols) are key to understanding how we view the world |
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| society is made up of interrelated parts that work together (chain) |
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society is composed of groups that are competing with one another
o manifest – actions intended to help a system
o latent – unintended consequences that help a system adjust |
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- applied scientific method to social world
- coined "sociology" |
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- identified social integration
- wanted sociology to be its own discipline |
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| disorientation that people experience when they come in contact with a different culture |
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| conveying messages without words by using movements of the body |
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| symbols attached with a sound that are connected together in a way to communicate |
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| expectations or rules for behavior |
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| what is desirable for life |
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| specified times/places where people are allowed to break norms |
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| a world within the dominant culture that still reflect the values and norms of the dominant culture |
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| groups with norms and values at odds with the dominant culture |
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| disorientation that people experience when they come in contact with a different culture |
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| conveying messages without words by using movements of the body |
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| symbols attached with a sound that are connected together in a way to communicate |
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| expectations or rules for behavior |
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| what is desirable for life |
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| specified times/places where people are allowed to break norms |
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| a world within the dominant culture that still reflect the values and norms of the dominant culture |
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| groups with norms and values at odds with the dominant culture |
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| a group's language, beliefs, values, behaviors, and gestures |
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| based in income, education, and occupational prestige |
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- involuntary status
- race, ethnicity, sex, gender |
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- voluntary status
- student, friends, profession, spouse, ex |
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- standard or usual ways that a society meets its basic needs
- laws, hospitals, military, schools |
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| Personal Space and Three Reactions |
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- people with power tend to enter spaces of those with less power
- three reactions (stepping back, "elevator phenomenon", challenging invasion) |
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| Body Language (Men v. Women) |
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- men: large gestures, taking up space
- women: tilting heads, smiling, condensing body to take up less space |
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| assumptions of what people are like |
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| process by which we learn ways of society |
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- happy
- sad
- angry
- disgust
- surprise
- fear |
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| being nudged into different paths in life based on gender |
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| Agents of Socialization Examples |
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- family
- peers
- religion
- workplace |
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