The way the human brain takes ideas and creates shortcuts to meaning is through information processing. This is done daily when someone processes what they see, hear, feel, and think. As this happens, the brain is taking in a large amount of information and then sends it through filters in order to make sense of what is being interacted with. How this is done is by using shortcuts. This means that a person is either accepting information or ignoring it in order to not overload the brain. Let’s take, for instance, someone dropping a pot, when a person’s brain hears this, they automatically look up to determine first what the noise was and secondly to determine if someone needs help.
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The first, socialization explains rules of the society as well what a culture values and sets the norms. Social integration, on the other hand, connects people to community and others, which incorporate people into societies. This is important because it makes a society not just individuals but part of a group that is governed by a shared sense of right and wrong. This is especially true for hunter-gatherer-like societies as they are generally small, nomadic tribes that live off of the land. These groups are mostly egalitarian meaning everybody, including women, has the same rights and beliefs. When looking at the larger, industrial and post-industrial societies, there was a great shift in technology meaning that from the late 1700s, until now, people have been flourishing because of the age of the machine. That being said there were still negatives during the industrial age as there was poverty, urban violence, and poor workplace conditions that needed improving. These societies also use an abundance of resources from around the world. When highly-developed societies changed from the 20th century to the 21st century, they went from the industrial age into the information age becoming postindustrial societies. These societies have information right at their fingertips at a moment’s notice through …show more content…
People who possess control and sway often favor it since it highlights the fact that consistency and balance are created within the social order. We see this daily in ordinary discussions and also in the coverage given by news agencies as both are based on statements given by functionalism theorists.
When looking at the significance of professional sports in the United States a functionalist 's interpretation in taking action would be done by promoting the startup and expansion of structured sports. In doing this, one can increase involvement in sports as well as encourage personal improvement. This also helps to increase the supervision and control of athletes as there is a coach who’s watching over them as well as pressure from teammates to do well. Many leagues similarly highlight the success of their in elite programs such as the Pro bowl for football