SOCIAL FACTS - AGENCY/STRUCTURE - SOCIAL TYPES Social facts should be considered as things - in Durkheim’s view‚ they are things‚ meaning they are "sui generis‚" peculiar in their characteristics: they are the effect or creation of human activities‚ actions or agency but they are not intended; they are not the product of conscious intentions - they are the unanticipated consequence of human behavior/agency. Social facts are things because they are outside us‚ they are not a product or creation
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Breaking The Norm A norm is something that is usual‚ typical‚ or standard of something in society. Some examples of a norm are going to school‚ taking a bath‚ sleeping at night‚ wearing clothes in public‚ and eating breakfast lunch and dinner. All those things are stuff we do in our everyday lives and don’t think about it‚ we just do it because it is normal and it has been taught to us since we have been very little. If you end up breaking the norm though‚ people will look at you differently and
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Historical facts In day to day conversation‚ casual historical facts are often brought up. Little thought is actually given in our repetition of these historical facts as to what actually led up to their happening‚ and how they became so well known in the first place. In the article “What are historical facts?” by Carl L. Becker‚ he inquires as to what is actually meant when we talk about “facts” in history. To aid his inquiry‚ he asks 3 simple questions pertaining to the subject: “What is the
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Breaking a norm is like an experiment. You are never going to know what the outcome is going to be. A lot of sociologist like to see it as a social experiment‚ and the reason is because people are living their life what is considered the right way. It’s a mimicry‚ everyone doing the same thing‚ following the same rules‚ avoiding everything that is not considered normal‚ usual‚ typical‚ and even standard. For my social experiment‚ I decided that my norm violation would be saying “I love you” when
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Social facts are described by Durkheim as the ways of acting feeling and thinking that are external but coercive of the individual. Social facts according to Durkheim are often linked to each other. There are interrelated and interdependent in their functions or how they work and affect society. There two types of social facts‚ namely‚ material social facts and non-material. Material social facts are social facts that are physical and less significant. They are things we see such as architecture
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entail of one such advertisement and how it attempts to draw the attention of the audience. Whether it is the people they include‚ the sayings they throw together‚ or the colors they use‚ many factors lead to why advertisements draw people in. By breaking down the strategies of the ad we will see that it uses background/colors‚ human figures/brand‚ and bold letters to promote the product. First thing I’d like to point out is the background and color usage of this advertisement. The colors red‚ pink
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"The Fact of Blackness" Fanon My response to this article was an eye opener. After Fanon got away from the huge mind boggling words‚ I kind of felt for an extremely short second what it actually felt to be a black man. I myself am a unique mixture of races and I was fortunate to have grown up in such a way that I experienced my two main cultures vividly. I can laugh with George Lopez‚ and feel the pain‚ anguish‚ and laughter that are associated with a Mexican American heritage. The same goes for
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1 Introduction to Sociology Breaking a Norm September 26‚ 2011 All Money Has Value‚ Right? Making a purchase with a $100 bill is just as discouraged as making a purchase using only Pennies. In the fast-paced world that we live in cashiers and customers expect our small‚ everyday purchases to be a quick process. When a consumer in line feels like the transaction is taking longer than they expected‚ that consumer has no problem letting everyone around them know how they feel. Tapping
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A flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) is a system composed of static equipment used for the AC transmission of electrical energy. It is meant to enhance controllability and increase power transfer capability of the network. It is generally a power electronics-based system. FACTS is defined by the IEEE as "a power electronic based system and other static equipment that provide control of one or more AC transmission system parameters to enhance controllability and Technology
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Breaking through the Silence An elderly woman waits along the sidewalk as the Metro bus full of student swings by to pick her up. As she enters‚ she holds a number of 99¢ Store bags in hand. She is clearly Hispanic‚ her brown skin and white hair and her modesty stand out. The bus continues its route. The elderly woman knows her stop is coming up. But she obviously strains to put her words together when notifying the bus driver. Impatient and incomprehensive‚ he simply ignores her. Seeing this
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