SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Relativism, Substance Abuse, Ethnocentrism

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

Document Summary

Review th , thursday september 17, 2015, and monday september 21, Norms are rules and expectations by which a society guides the behaviour of its members: they may be either prescriptive (don"t) or proscriptive (do) There are two special types of norms that were identified by william graham. Sumner: mores (right ad wrong) and folkways (right and rude) As we internalize norms, we respond critically to out own behaviour through shame or guilt: happens at a very young age. Social control: informal and formal, formal state, university, institution, informal friends, primary social group. Ethnocentrism is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of ones own culture sociologist tend to discourage this practice; instead they advocate cultural relativism the practice of judging a culture by its own standards. 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 peoples behaviour.