SOCIOL 2D06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Reference Group, George Herbert Mead
17 Jan 2016
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Norms, institutions, organization, culture, sub-culture are all based off of different values of a society and embedded into every aspect of life. Use of the scientific method (this is where a lot of our approaches to social research come from) Charles horton cooley (the looking glass self) Social structure and personality: how our personality is influenced or impacted by social structure. Group processes: the actual structure of the group how it impacts our behaviour. Examines the interrelationship between society (through social structures both physical structures like school, government buildings and intangible structures forms of inequality and power) and individuals. Social structure: persisting patterns of behaviour and their interaction between people or social positions. These roles are given/attributed to individuals by social structures. Roles dictate interaction, our abilities, our access, our involvement. Can predict individuals" thoughts, feelings and behaviours if society is stable it is predictable because of the structured environment in society (i. e. structure of norms, values, roles, status etc. )
