SOCI 2150 Study Guide - Cocktail Waitress, Barista, Shill
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Culture is the highest unit of analysis that sociologists use. Culture is fluctuating over time, vague and not rigid. One smaller is society. also vague and not rigid. Within society there are 3 divisions called realms : private realm, parochial, public. Realms are areas of group life mostly defined by social intimacy & social disclosure. Social intimacy involves; close, emotive, routine permanent contacts. Requires a strong sense of mutual dependency. Social disclosure is the act of revealing information about yourself that another or someone else wouldn"t otherwise, know, factually. Telling secrets, in a way, but much much more. All realms are based on social intimacy and social disclosure. Private realm comprised of small family, kin, close friends greatest social intimacy, disclosure. sympathy group studies (people whose death will affect us greatly) give or take, 12 - 15 people; circulation time. parochial realm.
