SOCIOL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jim Crow Laws, Symbolic Interactionism, Nacirema
16 Jun 2018
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Sociology 101
Lecture 8
9/22/2017
Sanctions continued
- penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm
- can be positive or negative
- tend to be formal if norm is formal and informal if norm is informal
- norms and sanctions reflect society’s values and priorities
Examples for sanctions
Mores
- formal - jail time for murder
- informal- disgust/ostracism for cannibalism
Folkways
- formal- citation for jaywalking
- informal- weird looks/mean comments for wearing blue jeans to prom
Values
Cultural values
- collective conceptions of what is considered good, desirable and proper or bad,
undesirable and improper
- values influence people’s behaviors and serve as criteria for evaluating actions of
others
- values can change, but remain relatively stable throughout person’s life
ex. marijuana use regulation, removal of Jim Crow laws
Symbolic interactionism
- virtual society
Nacirema
- american society
Subcultures and countercultures
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Document Summary
Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm. Norms and sanctions reflect society"s values and priorities can be positive or negative tend to be formal if norm is formal and informal if norm is informal. Mores formal - jail time for murder informal- disgust/ostracism for cannibalism. Folkways formal- citation for jaywalking informal- weird looks/mean comments for wearing blue jeans to prom. Collective conceptions of what is considered good, desirable and proper or bad, Values influence people"s behaviors and serve as criteria for evaluating actions of. Values can change, but remain relatively stable throughout person"s life ex. marijuana use regulation, removal of jim crow laws virtual society. Subcultures and countercultures subcultures segment of society that shares distinctive pattern of mores, folkways and values that differs from pattern of larger society. Icp group spraying vago soda on fans, having tatoos. Argot specialized language that distinguishes subculture from larger society countercultures when subculture consciously and deliberately opposes certain aspects of larger culture.
