Soc Test 2

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Socializationas viewed by sociologists (nature versus nurture debate)

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definition- The process of learning and internalizing the values, beliefs, and norms of our social group, by which we becoming functioning members of society.

- The ongoing discussion of the respective roles of genetics and socialization in determining individual behaviors and traits.

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Thecase of Genie – why is this important in Sociology and thesocialization process?

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Socialization cannot occur without meaningful communication.

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Agentsof socialization (specific agents and what they do for us)

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Social groups, institutions, and individuals (especially the family, schools, peers, and the mass media) that provide structured situations in which socialization takes place.

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Functionalism

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Do for us what we cannot do for ourselfs, socialize with new members, produce and distrubute goods and services, replace societys members

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Lifecourse stages in socialization (social constructs and history of thestages)

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childhood (identity is formed)

adolscence (new stage)

Adulthood (Rest of our lifes) - changes with sociology

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Reader:Leaving Home for College (primary/secondary,qualitative/quantitative, sample, and main findings)

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Microleveland macrolevel analyses (what would sociologists be interested infrom these points of view?)

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Microlevel- a sociological approach that takes the broadest view of society by studying large patterns of social interaction that are vast, complex, and highly differentiated.

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Socialinstitutions and social structure (examples/how these work)

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is an established an organized system of social behavior with a recognized

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Ascribed,achieved, and master status (examples/application of these)

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master status -the status of greatest importnace in a particular persons life (any) Shapes a personal life, can change

ascribed- a status someone is born in or takes on imvoluntarily

achieved - takes on voluntarily that reflects both persoanal ability

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Rolestrain and role conflict (examples/application of these)

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a condition wherein a single role brings conflicting expectations.

wherein two or more roles are associated with contradictory expectations.

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functionalsim

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intergates people through internalization of roles, needs conformity

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Theories(Goffman, impression management, dramaturgy, and symbolic interaction– how these apply to social interaction)

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used interaction perspective

A process whereby someone tries to influence the observations and opinions of others about

the self is a sense of who one is, a dramatic effect emerging from the immediate scene being presented

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Reader:The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (main argument)

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Central to the book and Goffman's theory is the idea that people, as they interact together in social settings, are constantly engaged in the process of "impression management," wherein each tries to present themselves and behave in a way that will prevent the embarrassment of themselves or others.

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Reader:Code of the Street (main argument)

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norms are made through culture

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Dyads,triads, triadic segregation, and group size effects (examples)

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is a group of exactly two people

consists of three people in a group.

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Primary,secondary, and reference groups (examples)

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a group consisting of intimate, face-to-face interaction and relatively long-lasting relationships.

those that are larger in membership, less intimate, and less long-lasting.

are those which you may or may not belong but use as a standard for evaluating your values, attitudes, and behaviors.

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In-groupsand out-groups (application of these)

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Sociology. a group of people sharing similar interests and attitudes, producingfeelings of solidarity, community, and exclusivity. (clique)

people outside one's own group, especially as considered to be inferior oralien; a group perceived as other than one's own.

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Attributionerror (application of this)

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meaning errors made in attributing causes for people's behavior to their membership in a particular group, such as a racial group.

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Asch’sconformity study, Milgram’s obedience study, and the StanfordPrison Experiment (main conclusions)

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the power of conformity in groups

individuals adapt to cope with social situations ,Humanity is subject to falling into roles of power, or the opposite, andtransforming into someone even themselves may not recognize

Ordinary people are likely to follow orders given by an authority figure , Obedience to authority is ingrained in us all from the way we are brought up

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Typesof organizations

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normative

coercive

utilitarian

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Conflict theory

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inequality, social class, want as little inequalirt as possible

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Social insitutions

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patterns around which society is organized, affects many parts of life