SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Herbert Blumer, Social Perception, Family Therapy
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Culture: values, norms, material goods, language, and symbols. Values, norms, customs, ceremonies (way of life) Cultural universals: features of behavior found in most societies. Society: a system of relationships that connects individuals. Norms: guidelines that regulate behavior and are culturally dependent. Herbert blumer: we act toward a thing on the basis of meaning we assign to it. Social perception refers to constructing an understanding of the social world from the data we get through our senses. We figure out the other person"s needs, attitudes, etc. We present ourselves in a way that ensures they understand us. Categorization: the process of defining something is the process of marking its boundaries. A schema is a well-organized structure of cognitions about some social entity, such as a person, Prototype: typical or quintessential instance of a class or group. Schemas enable us to: group, role, or event. Make inferences that go beyond the facts immediately available.
