SOC 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Sociological Imagination, Hookup Culture, Glass Ceiling
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Helps us understand how the social world we live in molds and constrains our individual decision making processes. Helps us understand why there are differences in social interactions, processes and phenomena from one region to another, and from one country to another. Helps you think about the world you want to live in. Anthropology, political science, economics, psychology, & history. Auguste comte: sociology is the queen of the sciences. Countercultures - deliberately oppose certain aspects of the larger culture. Ethnocentrism - the tendency to assume that one"s own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others. Social norms - the established standards of behavior maintained by a given society. Formal - norms which have been written down and specifically a strict punishment for breaking them that are enforceable by the state or other oficial entity. Informal - generally shared cultural rules, but which are not formally written down.
