SOCI 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4.1-4.5: Bumper Sticker, The Scarlet Letter, Disfigurement
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4. 1 levels of sociological analysis: macrosociology focuses on broad features of society. Used to analyze social class and how people relate to one another. Conflict theorists and functionalists: microsociology focus in social interactions. What people do when they come together. 4. 2 the macrosocial perspective: social structure typical patterns of a group framework of society that was laid out before you were born. Overrides our personal feelings and desires: behavior is true of social structure, (cid:862)reality(cid:863) is so(cid:272)ially (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)ted, presentation of self a perso(cid:374)"s efforts to (cid:272)reate spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) i(cid:373)pressio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) the mind of others. How we dress, speak, and express ourselves. Vary performance according to who we are with/where we are: social class. Based on income, education, and occupational prestige. Social class large groups of people who have similar amounts of income and education and who work at jobs that are roughly comparable in prestige: social status. Status refer to a positon that someone occupies.
