SOC227H5 Lecture : soc227 Lecture 1 Notes.docx
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: a grouping of individuals with some awareness that they are members of the group: social structure. Interpretation: a rise in inequality and a rise in proportion of male employees can lead to gender harassment: indirect effect: A basic relation is there but some relations work through a variable. Getting paid can be a motivator for working but for some people job satisfaction comes into play as well: mediating effect, interaction effect: Eg #1: sex, dominance behaviours, and room size. Interpretation: males show more dominant behavior in a bigger room. Eg #2: absenteeism is affected by the interaction of sex and marital status. Interpretation: a married female shows higher rates of absenteeism. Social entity: an independent individual or organization free to make their own decision. Social culture: a set of beliefs, customs, practices that exist within a population. Beliefs: an acceptance that something is true or it exists.
