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| language, beliefs, values, norms and behaviors passed down from generations |
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| not all parts of culture change at the same time |
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| when cultures start to become similar to each other |
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| the spreading of cultures to other cultures |
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| values in one culture contradict each other...group superiority and equality |
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| bewilderment when experiencing a new and foreign culture |
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| when values form a cluster and becomes a larger value...success= hardwork,ed. efficentcy |
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| using your culture to evaluate another |
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| achievement, success, activity and work, science and tech, progress, material comfort, freedom, democracy, equality, racism, edu., religion, romantic love |
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| seen as threat to dominant culture |
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| evaluation a culture through their perspective |
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language determines how we perceive things
ex. jam vs. jelly |
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| non material components of symbolic culture |
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| symbols, gestures and language |
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| set of symbols organized into a form of communication |
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| smaller group within a culture that does not contradict the dominant culture |
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| norm that is disgusting when broken |
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| understood rules of a culture developed by the groups values |
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| reactions to the following or breaking of norms |
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days where some norms can be broken
ex mardigras |
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| norms that are loosely enforced |
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| norms that are strictly enforced |
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| opens a window to see new view of culture, fresh look at familiar world |
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corners of life that one occupies
ex; job, religion, race ,sex |
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1st to use positivism
used "arm chair philosophy"
coined tern "sociology" |
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class conflict is engine of human history
economics=social change |
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religion=social change
research should be neutral and objective |
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| more involved you are the less likely you are to commit suicide |
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| understanding of sociology and concepts |
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| solving the social problems |
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| title or symbols influence the way we act around certain people |
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| society is one large group that has smaller groups that are connected and work together |
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| beneficial consquences for the group |
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| no beneficial consequences for the group |
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| conflict theory perspective |
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| groups are all competing for resources and power |
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| interactionists- focus is on how individuals act with others |
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| funtionalists- focus is on large scale patters in society |
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survey
participant observation
secondary analysis |
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asking ppl certain questions
observing a victim
using data that has already been collected |
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| W.E.B. DuBois and Jane addams |
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applied sociologist
-they did stuff, they made changes in society |
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self contempt
-charles horton cooley |
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| we imagine how we appear to others, interpret others reactions, develop a self concept from the refelctions we see in our social mirror |
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how do children learn to take the roles of others?
-george herbert mead |
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| sociological perspectives |
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symbolic interactionsits
function analysis
conflict theory |
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| mead;s 3 stages of self development |
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1.imitation
2. (role) play
3. team games |
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as we learn what is expected of us because of our gender we are nudged into different lanes in life. into contrasting attitudes and behaviors
ex: parents, peers and mass media |
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| family(parents send subtle messages to child) neighborhood (some are better to grow up in than others) religion( influences morality) day care (more time in day care=worse relationship with mom) school and peers(learn values bc of fear of rejection) |
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| working parents VS. middle class parents |
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working-only care about child staying out of trouble( more likely to use physical punishment)
middle class- want to develop childs curiosity, self expression and self control |
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process of learning new norms, values, attitudes and behaviors
(happens when we learn something contrary to previous experiments) |
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| place cut off from the rest of society and is under almost total control of agents of the institution |
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| place cut off from the rest of society and is under almost total control of agents of the institution |
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childhood (0-12)
adolesence (13-17)
transitional adulthood (18-29)
middle years (30-59)
older years (60+) |
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