Sociology Notes Vocabulary: 1. Sociology- the study of human society and collective human behavior 2. Sociological Imagination- the ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history. 3. Social Institution- is a complex group of interdependent positions that‚ together‚ perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time. Ex: Duke University was once Normal College but changed its name but is still the same institution Ex: Legal systems‚ primary
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Erick Perez English 282 AD Kitamura March 11‚ 2014 Violence San Mateo usually Isn’t a very violent place‚ or so I thought. Two years ago at the St Timothy carnival I was robbed at knifepoint by some punk in a black hoodie. I was walking up to a concession stand to get some cotton candy when I felt a hand on my shoulder and something sharp against my back‚ I tried turning around to see who it was but he quickly pushed me back around and told me to stand still while he searched my pockets for
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The first time I can remember being a gendered being is when I was eight and my family was moving into our new house. Since we were moving my parents were buying new blinds for the whole house and had picked them out for my younger brother and myself. Our parents took us to Home Depot to make sure that we liked the colors they had picked for our blinds. My brothers blinds were a baby blue color‚ while mine were a rosy pink color. Once I saw the color‚ I turned to my parents and asked: “Just because
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Reviewer for Social Science 1 A. Introduction Behavior manner of conducting one’s self action and response to stimulation response to the environment Behavioral Sciences deals with human action and seeks to generalize human behavior in society Psychology Science of mind and behavior Behavior and mental process are interwoven Sociology Science of the society‚ social institutions and social relationships Study of human society and social interaction Anthropology Study of human beings
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1.1 The Sociological Imagination Sociology: the scientific study of social structure; patterned social behavior Help understand of why people act the way they do (in groups) Social Structure: the patterned interaction of people in social relationships How people act when around others (food fight) Perspective: a particular point of view Why i see thing differently from how others see it (opinion on the president) Sociological Perspective: a view that looks at the behavior of groups‚ not individuals
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remain on the sidewalk overnight has a vocabulary for expressing its acceptability to him” (pg 165). By this statement‚ he implies that sidewalk life becomes increasingly tolerable the longer an individual chooses to remain there due to the resocialization into new norms. Having a stubborn mindset combined with increasing acceptance to an unconventional
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Principles of Effective Treatment Scientific research since the mid–1970s shows that treatment can help patients addicted to drugs stop using‚ avoid relapse‚ and successfully recover their lives. Based on this research‚ key principles have emerged that should form the basis of any effective treatment programs: Addiction is a complex but treatable disease that affects brain function and behavior. No single treatment is appropriate for everyone. Treatment needs to be readily available. Effective
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is offered each time he enters onto the stage for one purpose and one purpose only‚ the reason the creature must be sated every so often: to create great theatre. The self is stripped of all previous identity and charged with a new function; resocialization occurs each time the stage is set. The suppressed identity of the individual means nothing when inside the creature but for the primary functions that it serves in sustaining it. On the other hand‚ every contribution supports the creation of something
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Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish‚ although verbose‚ contains important dialogue concerning the concept of power in the penal systems of late 18th century France with public execution‚ and the gradual transformation of power in subsequent disciplinary systems up to modern times. Power is closely related to the concepts of violence or force‚ but they are not the same. Throughout this work‚ Foucault establishes the trend of using power as a sort of political technology over the human body.
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Socialization happens every day. Determining if you are aware of how it is affecting you would take a well-educated and trained sociologist from a third-party viewpoint. However‚ I think that looking for affects of socialization of mass media you will start to change your perspectives. This happens due to the break down and examination of the mass media message you are studying. Defined by Richard T Schaefer Role taking is the process of mentally assuming the perspective of another and responding
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