Chapter 1-4 Exam Review Flashcards
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Sociological Perspective
General patterns in behavior of particular individuals
What can change our sociological perspective?
Marginality, crisis, and rapid change can enhance our ability to see sociologically
Social Integration
How integrated you are within a society
Suicide Rates
The less social integration you have, the higher likelihood of suicide
White males most common
Reasons of suicide rates?
Isolation: for example, living in the middle states with separated population vs dense population
More religion, less suicide
What are agents of socialization?
Family, school, peer groups, and mass media
Family
Sets core beliefs, values, and morals from beginning of life
Socialize you to behave the way they expect
School
You meet other children and socialize; the “hidden curriculum”
(pledge of allegiance, spelling bee, bureaucracy, etc.)
Peer groups
Common interests you can share, learn our own relationships, influences our tastes, attitudes, language, etc.
Mass Media
Can be divergent from peer group, family, and school
Teaches you global influences
Think of our society within global perspective
Gender roles affected
George Herbert Mead
Social Behaviorism: our behavior is not natural; composed of social experiences
Mead’s Theory: Infancy
Infants begin w/out self–create one based on imitation
Playing is important for social roles
Mead’s final stage in development
We see ourselves from the perspective of the “generalized other”
Notice how others are evaluating us
Types of culture
Real and ideal
What we see vs. what we think people want to see
Real culture
Social patterns are mandated by society
The things that actually occur in everyday life
Everyday patterns arising from cultural expectations
Ideal culture
What we wish could be: everyone to have equal opportunity and access; not realistic (lol)
Types of societies
Hunter-gatherer, agrarian, industrialized
Hunter-gatherer
Raising plants and animals
God as creator
Equal society; everyone same contributions
Agrarian
More specialized; using money
Dramatic increase in social inequality
Cultural diversity increases
Industrial
Advanced sources of energy for large machinery
Pushes aside traditional cultural values
Reduce economic inequality; extend political rights
Post-industrialism
Production of info using computer technology
Can store ideas and info in computers & devices
Thomas Theorem
Your perception of reality is real for YOU
Someone may have a different perception
(ex. think everyone has same opportunities, if they don’t get it it’s b/c they’re not working hard enough)
Erving Goffman
Dramaturgical analysis: people live their lives like actors performing on stage
Status (dramaturgical analysis)
Part in the play
