SOC 100- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 49 pages long!)
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They are the ways people tend to arrange themselves within terrain of social structure to serve a particular role in broader society. Examples of social institutions: family, education, marriage, police Social reproduction (lecture): the stable perpetuation of the basic patterns of a given social structure over time. (norm, not the exception, mechanisms of social reproduction keep these patterns as going into patterns, reinforcing them overtime. The reason why they persist: mechanisms- social institutions. Family as an institution (the operation and history of) (coontz, cherlin, schwartz) Purpose: child rearing, socialization (politics, religion, gender norms), reproduction, financially support children, self fulfillment, healthcare, care for the elderly, Governed by various roles, rules, rituals, cultural practices, and normative expectations. Marriage is normative expected/ a rule for certain kinds of benefits for children. Rituals: religion (provides own set of rituals family will share)/ eating meals together/going to events together (also an expectation that you are supporting others endeavors)
