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    What is social? Repeated‚ patterned subcultured behavior. Atted up‚ the social behavior of everyone in a society is called its social structure Ex: konwning someone won’t pull a gun out if we say hi Society: Sum of social behavior Two major functions of society (1) Frees us up to specialize to do things we wouldn’t be able to do on our own. (2) Constrains our behavior- called peer pressure. Not free to do whatever we want. Without environmental cues‚ we cannot interpret and understand society

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    Signs and Symbols What made the boy decide not to live anymore? The story “Signs and Symbols” by Vladimir Nabokov discusses the complications of life. After moving to America‚ escaping Europe during the holocaust‚ their son is stuck in a hospital where he constantly try’s to “tear a hole in his world and escape” (Nabokov 2) causing his parents to feel its all their fault. The story discusses symbolism‚ setting‚ and structure as three major elements. There are certain symbols in the text such

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    In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Pearl‚ is the human symbol of the sin of adultery in the fact that she leads her mother‚ Hester Prynne‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale to accept and admit to their sin. Pearl is the beautiful daughter of Hester and Dimmesdale. She is the living symbol of the scarlet letter and has unique traits that make her sometimes appear as a demon. Her love for nature and freedom‚ her spirit‚ her wildness‚ her loneliness and separation from the world‚ her curiosity‚ and her

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    Sociologist: Chapter 13 Pg.379.Sharlene Hesse Biber and Greg Lee Carter Pg.380. Thoristein Veblen Pg.385.Economist Adam Smith Pg.386. Sociologist Karl Marx Pg.390 Conflict Theorist Pg.390. Karl Marx Pg.390 Symbolic integrationist Pg.394. Social Anylets Pg.403. According Journalist Chapter 13 Outline: Pg.378 -Economy is the social institution that ensures the maintence of society -Services are intagangiable…. -Primary Sector Production Pg.380 -Surplus -Barter -Money -Cottage

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    as in class‚ you have been exploring how Shakespeare creates humor. We may have acted out some scenes or specific lines‚ and have begun to analyze passages in order to expand upon your knowledge of what makes the play funny and why. As you begin reading Act V‚ you should continue to think about what comedic devices Shakespeare uses. Below is a list of comedic devices‚ their definitions‚ and examples of each from the text. After the comedic elements‚ we’ve also provided information on other terms

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    Sociology notes Quiz answers for quiz 2 Cognitive dissidence George Zimmer on “true love” The social structure-education religion‚ politics 6 basic human emotions Altruism-selfless behavior Socialization is a learning process that we all go thru Feral children grow up with no socialization Gender is learned and sex is biological George Herbert mead- imitation ‚play‚ and game are the 3 stage of the development Social groups- are made up of individuals who share something from physical

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    caring mother‚ a loving wife‚ a social friend. In The Awakening‚ the main character‚ Edna‚ decides to veer off from that path of what is socially expected from her‚ and in such creates her own desolation. She opts to satisfy herself over what she is accountable for. In the end‚ there could be no happy ending for her because of this. Chopin assimilates many motifs and symbols including minor characters to contrast Edna’s complications with her own identity and place

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    Sociology 110 Response Paper 1 1. ! Hanna Mengistu How would he respond to the Culture of Poverty Thesis‚ Positively or negatively? Explain. ! The key assumption of culture of poverty thesis is that “the adaptations of one [poor] generation become the inherited culture of the next‚ creating a self-perpetuating cycle of poverty.” This is to say poverty in minority groups like African Americans is a result of lack of work ethic and low aspirations that are passed down from generation to generation

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    Rural sociology- 1205 Introduction Definition…… The nomenclature ‘Rural Sociology’ indicates that it is the scientific study of Rural Society. Broadly speaking‚ it deals with the systematic study of Rural Society‚ its institutions‚ activities interactions‚ social change etc. It not only deals with the social relationship of man in rural environment but also takes urban surroundings into considerations for a comparative study. So Rural Sociology primarily deals with the description and analysis

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    Altbeker (Altbeker‚ 2005)‚ one of the ways in which crime is measured is through the victimization survey. The victimization survey allows data on crimes to be obtained through a list of questions asked to victims about their own incidents on crime. What is interesting to note about the victimization survey is that it can provide a better picture on crime than the police record (United Nations Office on drugs and crimes‚ 2010). Victimization surveys can cover various

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