SOC 101- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)
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Social construction: an idea or practice that a group of people agree exists, maintained over time by people taking its existence for granted, what people think and do are products of culture and history. Socialization: the social processes through which children develop an awareness of social norms and values and achieve a distinct sense of self, an explanation for social order, norms reflect divisions of power and class. Agency and structure: concepts that suggest to what extent an individual"s life is determined by social forces, sociological explanations are probabilistic. Modern theoretical approaches: symbolic interactionism, exchanges of symbols through social interaction, george herbert mead, one"s sense of self develops through interactions with others b) Std"s went up and teen pregnancies went up: marxism and class conflict, conflict is a normal feature of society b) Intersection of gender, race, and social class in social stratification and inequality: rational choice theory, most behavior is self-interested.
