Chapter 3: Culture 1) | d | Which of the following is an aspect of culture? | | a. | A comic book | | b. | The patriotic attachment to the flag of the United States | | c. | Slang words | | d. | All of the above | 2) | c | People’s needs for food‚ shelter‚ and clothing are examples of what George Murdock referred to as | | a. | norms. | | b. | folkways. | | c. | cultural universals. | | d. | cultural practices. | 3) | a | What term do sociologists use to refer to
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A Comparison of Marxist and Functionalist Views on Society There is a division between functionalists and Marxists over the functions of the society. Marxism was founded by Karl Marx. Marx saw society as divided into two major parts‚ the economic base otherwise known as the infrastructure and the super-structure. Functionalists see society as a set of parts which work together to form a whole. Functionalism is also called a consensus theory. Marxism and functionalism are similar
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Sociological Theory of Functionalism Durkheim Sociology is a study of social facts (money‚ law or language) which are objective‚ external and constraining. Society cannot be reduced to the motives of individuals. Social facts explain how an action can be shaped by patterns of integration and regulation. Focused on how society hangs together through a collective conscience. Parson Society is a functional unit e.g. acts as a biological organism (regulates inter-related parts that fit together)
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-Intimacy- Closeness between two people Four key features of intimacy -Love and/or affection ‚ Personal validation‚ trust and Self-disclosure -Factors affecting commitment- The balance of costs and benefits‚ Normative inputs‚ structural constraints Benefits get from intimate relationships Central feature of romantic love Companionate love- warm and tender affection we feel for close others. It includes frienships‚ shared interests and activities‚ and companionships. May lack sexual attraction
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Enforcing Cultural Codes: Gender and Violence in Northern India Author(s): Prem Chowdhry Source: Economic and Political Weekly‚ Vol. 32‚ No. 19 (May 10-16‚ 1997)‚ pp. 1019-1028 Published by: Economic and Political Weekly Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4405393 . Accessed: 28/03/2013 01:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that
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Sociological perspective is a way of looking at the world through a sociological lens (Ferris and Stein 9). Sociologists use sociological perspective as a tool to understand human life in society. The following practices may be helpful in understanding sociology and thinking sociologically. Structural Functionalism is a paradigm that begins with the assumption that society is a unified whole that functions because of the contributions of its separate structures (Ferris and Stein 18). The Functionalist
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Socialization and Personality SOCIALIZATION - is the process of fitting humans to the social group or society. Biological Foundation of Socialization * Brain‚ nervous system‚ vision sensation‚ facial muscles‚ a tongue and a voice box. Basic objective of socialization 1. Is to fit the person to his soial & cultural environment through learning. 2. To learn the basic norms of the society. 3. to agree with the basic values‚ beliefs & share similar attitudes considered acceptable
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Times Many people over the years have tried to explain why there is crime in our society. Functionalists focus on the source of deviance in the nature of society rather than biological and psychological explanations. Every functionalist agrees that social control mechanisms e.g. the police are necessary to keep deviance in check and therefore protecting social order. A main contributor to the functionalist theory of crime is Durkheim. He believed that society is based on a value consensus and that
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objective of this individual assignment is to use ones social imaginative skills to analyze and interpret two events‚ a global event and personal event and then give our social perspective of both the events. Global event For the global event I have decided to write about the global economic crisis and my social perspective of its causes and effects in Dubai. In order to do this let me first give you a small description of UAE and Dubai. It was in 1975 “the crucial states of Persian gulf had
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INTERNET ASSIGNMENT WEEK 5 Racism and prejudice has been present in almost every civilization and society throughout history. Even though the world has progressed greatly in the last couple of decades‚ both socially and technologically‚ racism‚ hatred and prejudice still exists today‚ deeply embedded in old-fashioned‚ narrow-minded traditions and values. Racism is a case of misplaced hate and ignorance‚ being not only discriminatory‚ but also seemingly foolish with disregard of all human
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