SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Control, Subjectivism, Ethnocentrism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2106
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Norms are rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members. They may be either prescriptive (don"t) or proscriptive (do) There are special types or norms that were identified by william graham summer : more (right and wrong) and folkways (right and rude) As we internalized norms, we respond critically to out own behavior through shame or guilt. Social control : formal (police, fbi) and informal (family, friends) social control. Ethnocentrism the practice of judging another cultures by the standards of one"s own culture. Sociologists tend to discourage this practice; instead, they advocate cultural relativism, the practice of judging a culture by its own behavior. Aspects of life seen to warrant concern and intervention. The identification of a social problem is the outcome of a social process including a moral evaluation of people"s behavior. Some examples: crime, child abuse, poverty, substance abuse, racism.