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| Measuring cultures by the standards of our culture (Biased) |
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| looking at another culture from the perspective of someone in that culture (unbiased) |
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Someone on the outside looking in and their perspectives
ex: on can't see the forest for the trees |
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| interaction between individuals and the context of those interactions |
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| the way entire societies, social systems, and institutions function |
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| Symbolic Interactionism (micro) |
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| examines how people give meaning to events, objects, experiences, and individuals in their lives |
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| What are the 3 key premises? |
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(1) we act and understand things based on the meaning we give these things or actions
(2) meanings are derived from our past social experiences and interactions with others
(3)Our meanings and understandings of things and actions may be modified as a result of new social interaction |
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| "situations that are defined as real become real in their consequences" |
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-Goffman
- 'all the world is a stage"
- front stage vs back stage behavior |
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| the way we dress to fit into society and certain situations; the way we speak |
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| Structural Functionalism (Biology) |
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| treat society as if it is a living organism; a set of interdependent parts and systems where the whole is interconnected |
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| holistic understanding of parts as a whole |
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| observed the Indians relations to the worship and sacredness of cows |
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| Structural Functionalism (order of stability) |
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(1) Mechanical solidarity - where people are more alike
(2) Organic Solidarity - growth in the division of people and their specialties; creates more interdependence |
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| small interactive societies; willing; significant |
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| instrumental interaction; only beneficial interaction |
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Function vs Dysfunction
Manifest vs Latent
Intended vs Unintentional |
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| Social Conflict Theory (marx) |
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| social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between groups over power or the allocation of resources |
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| Those who own the means of production (factory owner) |
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| Those who sell their labor (factory workers) |
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| a moment of equal power distribution |
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| a complete unequal amount of power distribution |
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| a false belief that things benefit us when in reality it really isn't |
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| going along with who is in control of the power even if you don't want to |
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| power based on a skill/specialty and demand |
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| formation of private property |
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| power based on property size and what's on it |
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| anything that violates social norms |
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| Cooley Looking Glass Self |
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| we define ourselves based on the feedback we get from society |
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| acquire money, have a family, get married |
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| who one associates with has a differential impact on making us who we are |
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| when there's a breakdown of social order and connections in social groups is lost, there is more likely a result of deviance and crime |
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| all have engaged in but not caught |
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