SOC 281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Exchange Theory, Feminist Theory, World View
Document Summary
Sociological basics: culture, like apps on smartphones, use to function in society and of useful things, socialization, installation of cultural software, most formative socialization agent, family. Social norms- the informal rules, based on values, that guide what people do and how they live. Agency: enduring and regular social arrangements that guide or force human behavior. Social status- social positions you hold in your life- often positions within social institutions. Ascribed social status- something you"re born with, given to you. Correlation- two or more things having a relationship. Social role- how are you expected to behave given your social status. As we occupy status, we learn according to status what our role is. Groups of related people, bound by connections that are biological or legal. Formal: divorced, underage, marriage, armed forces, emancipate, cps. Institutional arena- a social space which relations between people in common positions are governed by accepted rules of interactions. A way of looking at how society operates.
