SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Instructure, Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
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North american society, western society if we talk about people 30,000 years ago society then is very different from what it means now. Tied to some sort of geographical area. Have a sense of shared expectations and values in a society. People have different positions towards normative social practices (i. e. using facebook to market yourself etc. ) How people interact with each other (social relations/interactions) Social interactions are instructure (social classes/groups, races, religion) Democracy leadership system (voting for majority agreement of a leader) Economic factors l/t stratification of social class. Slow changing factors (values, morals, social norms b/c from tradition/history) Fast changing (technology also interacts with societal norm factors dialectics = how things interact) Affects how we feel, attached to things in society, norms/practices/rituals. Societies have enduring features; they are structured (organized): 2. Organic: things change & grow: 3. Rules of behaviour: formal & informal (implied things vs. documented laws)
