SOC 104 Lecture 1: SOC 104: Sociology 104 Notes Exam 1 Material
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Announcements: read berger and luckman socialization: the internalization of reality and c. wright. Mills the promise: quiz starts wednesday @ 9am and ends thursday @ 9am, discussion sections cancelled: march 30th and 31st, dr. wright normally checks email in the evening normally replies within 24 hours. Definitions: enduring patterns of behavior and relationships within a society that comes from interaction between groups, individuals, and social institutions, framework of society, comprised of social institutions. Economy, religion, media, gender, race, class, etc: how we organize our society. Created pragmatically (how we act to resolve social issues/occurrences) Norms, values, and belief are different for each institutional sphere. Institutions are created from organizations and communities: ex: education, school = organizational element (structure) & education = social institution. Individuals can exercise some choice: sometimes individuals interact in ways that change social structure, and also in ways that keep it the same.
