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culture
set of beliefs, traditions, and practices
ideology
system of concepts and relationships, understands cause & effect
cultural relativism
recognize differences across cultures without passing judgement on or assigning value to those differences
ethnocentrism
belief one's own culture is superior to others
cultural scripts
modes of behavior and understanding that the are not universal or natural
norms
standards/ rules of behavior of a given culture (expected behavior)
values
moral beliefs
media
any formats or vehicles that carry, present or communicate information
hegemony
process which dominant group exercises moral & intellectual leadership through consent
consumerism
belief that happiness & fullfilment can be achieved through acquisition of material possessions
socialization
the process through which individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a society & learn to function as its members
looking glass self
our ability to assume the point of view of others and thereby imagine how they see us
generalized other
an internalized sense of total expectations of others in a variety of settings-regardless of whether we've encountered those people or places before
agent of socialization
people, groups, or institutions which socialize (new) members
total institution
institution in which one is total immersed that controls all basics of day-to-day life
status
social position
roles
duties/expectations accompany a particular status
role strain
incompatibility among roles corresponding to a single status
role conflict
tension between competing demands between two or more roles associated to different statuses
status set
status we occupy at one time
achieved status
voluntary status
ascribed status
involuntary status(born into)
master status
status which overrides all other statuses
gender roles
sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany ones status as male or females
dramaturgical theory
view of social life as essentially a theatrical performance
face
the esteem which an individual is held by others
ethnomethodology
"the methods of the people"
approach to studying human interaction focuses on the ways in which we make sense of our world
breaching experiments
breached social norms