Socio Exam 2

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sapir-whorf

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1. Benjamin Lee Whorf/Edward Sapir
2. also known as linguistic relativity
3. one's perception, thought, and behavior are influenced by one's language (relatively modest form)
4. one's reality is constructed by one's language and that differently structured languages give rise to different realities, which are incommensurable (radical form)

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ethnocentrism

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habit of seeing things only through your groups perspective

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looking-glass self

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person acts the way others want them to act

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social interaction

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1. involves both verbal and nonverbal communication
2. determined by the rewards or punishments we receive from others.
"you do things based on the repsonse you get for it"
3. used to figure out why people are racist, sexist, etc.

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thomas theorem

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"if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences."

what you think is real, makes it real to you and will affect your actions

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nonverbal communication

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body language (not talking)
1. tactile - touch

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status

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male/female
handicapped
etc.

according to socialization:
established positions (ex: SES (socio economic status))
can be ascribed or acheived

ascribed - assigned to you (ex: born to a royal family)

achieved - earned (ex: going from student to professor)

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personal space

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proxemic bubble
in america - arms's length

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moral relativism

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what's moral is relative
(ex: running a red light because your wife is in labor is not breaking the law)
finding a rational explanation for the bad things you do

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industrial revolution

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industrial - countries that use non-animate sources of energy.. more technology
united states - gender inequalities (ex: women can't pick up the heavy things so only men can work jobs that have to do with physical labor like that)

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social group

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collection of individuals who possess:
1. communication
2. shared goals
3. norms
4. culture
5. subjective awarness of themselves as a distinct group (unit)
(if you think your part of a group, then you are)

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karl marx

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conflict theory
conflict theorists think we need social instutions because we inadequate support to people (SES, race, ethnicity)

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dominant values of US culture

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individuality, equality for everyone, honor traditions of the past

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creation of a global culture

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we're becoming more global

components of a global culture:
1. trade
2. people moving in & out

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special importance for social identity

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1. understanding that being an individual and creating your individual identity is much harder today
2. everyone's part of a group

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culture of emotion

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how culture's display emotions differently

ex: some cultures don't allow showing emotions in public

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society's most important primary group

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family

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class society

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problems with living in a class society:
1. moving up
2. status
3. developing a clear identity and becoming "important" (elite)

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demographic change in the US

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1. as country becomes more homegoneous, it's becoming weaker (not as strong as it was in the past)
2. extraordinary rate of growth of the human population in the last half of the 20th century

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traits- female advantage

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emotional, communicative, focusing on info

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multicultural

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It pertains to US society and the dilution of cultures to become a more
uniform ONE culture. Mass society is less individually cultural.

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social change

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It pertains to US society and the dilution of cultures to become a more
uniform ONE culture. Mass society is less individually cultural.