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Different Types of Function (list, describe, and give examples of each) |
Manifest: intended functions Latent: unintended functions
Ex. Education System |
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Social Construction of Reality (list and describe the 3 stages, run one example through the three stages)
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1. Social grouping is exposed to a phenomena -General Agreement 2. Objectivation: the agreement reached in stage one becomes a social object (norm/law) 3. Internalization: future generations are brought up with this social object, but are unaware of why we have it. (typically by now the origin is forgotten) Ex. Tylenol Murders
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Meads "Development of Self" Theory (list and describe the 3 stages) |
Stage One: Imitative stage; in infancy when a child mimics or imitates symbols Stage Two: Play stage; when a child begins to attach meanings to the symbols. They also become aware of how they're viewed by a significant other. Stage Three: Game stage; when a person becomes skilled in the use of language. They are now able to see themselves as many others view them. |
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Durkheim Study on Suicide (list, describe and give examples of the four types) |
Four types based on motivation: 1. Altruistic: when someone sacrifices their life for another cause/person (ex. terrorist attacks). 2. Fatalistic: when someone is trapped in a miserable situation and sees no way out (ex. slaves in the US) 3. Egoistic: suicide motivated by anger or revenge (ex. most murder-suicides are egoistic). 4. Anomic: when someone feels normless, as though they have no purpose (ex. occurs a lot with depression and despair). |
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The Looking Glass Self (go through three stages, give an example) |
Stage One: You put yourself in the mind of someone else and imagine how you appear to them. Stage Two: Imagine how that person judges you based on what they see. Stage Three: Return to your own mind and determine if you're projecting the image you want, if not change it. This is typically a subconscious act. |
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The World System Theory (list and describe components) |
Components: 1. Core nations are highly industrialized and powerful nations. 2. Periphery nations are poor and economically dependent upon the core nations. 3. Semi-periphery nations are emerging out of the periphery of the world. This theory sees development and change as a contest of power between industrialized and less developed nations. |
