In Class Unit 2.4 Flashcards
(37 cards)
People act on the basis of…
the interpretation of reality
Thomas theorem
if a persons defined something as real, they by consequence are real
Moving from abstract cultural designs to concrete organizational rates requires…
institutionalization
Integration solutions are rooted in….
culturally created statuses and organizations
Use of cultural understanding is limited by
status
Cultures defines perception, interpretation, and responses to objects and other when..
people are in particle relationship to them
2 ways to make your reality bigger
- expand you concrete level (experience)
- expand your abstract level (feed head)
Work on linkages =
expand your understanding
Cultural products that produce potentially different realities
concepts and propositions
Adaptation
looks at whole from point of view from parts
Integration
looks at parts from point of view from whole
Insider point of view
what you see when you are part of the system
Outsider point of view
what you see when you are not part of the system
Only know status from..
social location of person
Individual emphasizes _____ perspective to adress ____
insider; adaptation
Culture emphasizes _____ perspective to adress ______
outsider; integration
Institutionalization
process by which social life becomes ordered by culture
Relational concept
you can’t understand what a status is in isolation
Ascribed status
position is imposed on you by virtue of characteristic
Achieved status
position you get by getting credentials
Norms
expectations appropriate to a particular situation
Rights
what you can legitimately expect from others
Obligations
what others can legitimately expect from you
Norms bind people together ____
socially
