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Socialization
process of learning how to act according to rules and expecations of culture TERM 2
Agents of Socialization
DEFINITION 2 people and social institutions which transmit rules of appropriate behavior TERM 3
Manifest Function
DEFINITION 3 obvious/intended function of activities designed to help the social system TERM 4
Latent Function
DEFINITION 4 less obvious consequences of activities that help the social system TERM 5
Sociological Imagination
DEFINITION 5 ability to see the impact of social forces on our private lives/ our lives lie at the intersection of personal biography and societal history
Social Institution
set of roles, statuses, group, and organizations that provide a foundation for behavior in some major area of social life TERM 7
nature vs. nuture
DEFINITION 7 genetics vs. how you were raised/environment TERM 8
Self-fulfilling prophecy
DEFINITION 8 a prediction that, simply as a result of being made, causes the expected event to occur and thus confirm it's own "accuracy" TERM 9
Meritocracy
DEFINITION 9 success/ failure is determined by merit(hard work, skills, etc) TERM 10
Status
DEFINITION 10 the positions that individuals within society occupyascribed status-inheritedachieved status- voluntary
Suburban sprawl
unchecked expansion of populations TERM 17
Income
DEFINITION 17 salary, $ earned in a year based off labor preformed TERM 18
Wealth
DEFINITION 18 $ based off of investments, real estate, etc TERM 19
Race
DEFINITION 19 categories of people who are believed to share biological traits TERM 20
Ethnicity
DEFINITION 20 non-biological traits(culuture, ancestry, etc) that provide members of a group with shared identity
"Social
Capital"
ties between people, varying in strength' TERM 22
Functionalism
DEFINITION 22 Society is like an organism & various parts of society(social institutions) serve the function of maintaining the health of the "social organism" TERM 23
individualistic (internal)
DEFINITION 23 tendency to attribute people's achievements and failures to their personal qualities TERM 24
structural
DEFINITION 24 external facters, surrounding environment TERM 25
collective effervescence
DEFINITION 25 group excitement; group membership is greater than individual identity...religion/community is created
Looking Glass Self
actions and reactions of others shape a "mosaic" image of who you are, no core "self" TERM 32
impression management
DEFINITION 32 process where people attempt to present a facorable public image in order to achieve desired outcomes TERM 33
dramaturgy
DEFINITION 33 the study of social interaction as theater, in which people(actors) project images(play roles) in front of others(audience) TERM 34
"front stage"
DEFINITION 34 "appropriate" appearance & impression is maintained TERM 35
"backstage"
DEFINITION 35 preperation for proformance takes place, true self emerges
stigma
who a person ought to be and who a person actually is TERM 37
script
DEFINITION 37 communication with others, how much is predictable? TERM 38
props
DEFINITION 38 objects used to present an image TERM 39
Robert Putnam: "Bowling Alone"
DEFINITION 39 decline in social capitalreduction of in-person social interaction TERM 40
William Julius Wilson "The Declining
Significance of Race"
DEFINITION 40 to understand the proplems facing blacks in the US, racism is not as much of a problem as the disappearance of well paying jobs from cities(going overseas)individualistic- racismstructural- economics(jobs), environments where people live
