SOCL 2001 : Exam 2
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Chapter 4 social structure & social interaction. Levels of sociological analysis: macrosociology, society"s broad features, social context, functionalism & conflict theory, microsociology, social interaction, everyday life details, symbolic interactions. Is one approach superior to the other: no; both necessary to understand society. Status: broader category than class: positive: college student, parent, engineer, negative: school dropout, prisoner, status symbols. He is doing it differently because feels like people are judging based on appearance rather than personality: myspace: presenting the best you. Dramaturgy: social life = drama or play, learn to perform through socialization, self-center of performances. Application | groups within society: video: no longer dated: high school prom, are race/ethnicity groups or categories, consequence of racial/ethic groups, segregation, racism, racial/ethnic group identities less important, no, still have racial tension. [racial tension have decreased, but ethnic have increased] Groups within society: group, think of themselves as belonging together.
