SOC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ascribed Status, Child Abuse, Religious Education In Primary And Secondary Education
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Social problem = a social condition that a segment of society views as harmful to members of society and in need of remedy. Change over time because definitions of conditions change and the conditions themselves change. Variations in what is considered a social problem are due to differences in values, beliefs, and life experiences. Objective element of social problem existence of social condition: awareness of social condition arise through life experiences and reports in media. Subjective element of social problem belief that a particular social condition is harmful to society. 2 or more people who have common identity, interact, and form relationship: primary group: small, intimate, informal, secondary group: large, impersonal, formal. Achieved status: assigned on basis of some characteristic by self. Set of rights, obligations, and expectations associated with a status (status involves more than one role) Definitions, explanations about what is assumed to be true.
