Sociology 1027A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Sociological Imagination, Auguste Comte, Fraternities And Sororities
22 Sep 2018
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Lived in a period of social change (1798-1857) In order to bring together all sciences to improve society. Society largest scale human group that shares a common geographic territory and common institutions. Society is based on and requires social interactions between its members. Through these interactions we teach others written and unwritten rules and values of our society. Culture a system of behavior, beliefs, knowledge, practices, values and materials. Shape how we behave and the physical elements of our society. Distinctions can exist between the dominant culture and subcultures or counter cultures. Dominant culture able to impose its values beliefs and behaviors on a given society of its political and economic power. What to buy, how to decorate a home, what to wear. Counterculture group that rejects certain elements of the dominant culture. They reject acquiring and consuming mass amounts of products in order to show status and worth.
