Sociology 1021E Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Job Satisfaction, Sociocultural Evolution, Helen Rose

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1021E
• Professor: Daphne Heywood

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Social interactions and how they shape the way we view world around us. Opening piece: mcdonaldization: efficiency how certain systems, we see things being calculated, methods, predictability set up in a similar way, control employees, product. How do we define and reconstruct reality: ou(cid:396) (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se to so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) is (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) meaning we attach to his or her actions. Reality is shaped by our perceptions, evaluations, and definitions sometimes not true. Social reality literally constructed from social interactions (berger and luckman. Social interaction and social structure: social interaction refer to the ways in which people respond to one another, social structure refers to the way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships. These concepts are central to sociological study and they are closely related to socialization. 5 elements of social structure: statuses, social roles, groups, social networks, social institutions next week. Defining and reconstructing reality: the a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to defi(cid:374)e so(cid:272)ial (cid:396)ealit(cid:455) (cid:396)efle(cid:272)ts a g(cid:396)oup(cid:859)s po(cid:449)e(cid:396) (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)