thing and making the right decisions‚ not only because it’s the right thing to do‚ but because it would make me a better person. Of course‚ as a kid‚ my Mother taught me the norms and folkways of society. Like‚ having manners out in public‚ being respectful to my elders‚ and she even taught me some old-fashioned folkways‚ norms that were more common back in the day‚ such as holding the door open for a lady‚ or addressing men or women as Ma’am‚ or Sir. My Mother’s parenting style was an Authoritative
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Class Review for Test # 1 Multiple Choice Questions 1) What sociological phrase is used to describe "opening a window onto unfamiliar worlds" and "offering a fresh look at familiar worlds"? A) the sociological perspective B) the social imperative C) social integration D) social location 2) To be classified as a society‚ what are the two key qualities a group of people must share? A) a common language and a common religion B) a common culture and a territory C) a territory
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The movie Snowpiercer contains several interesting sociological concepts. The plot of Snowpiercer follows a 2014 experiment to counteract global warming‚ which inadvertently causes another ice age that kills all life on Earth save for the inhabitants of the “rattling arc.” The “rattling arc” being a train that perpetually travels on a globe-spanning track. On the train a class system is put in place where the elites inhabit the luxurious front compartments of the train and the lower class inhabit
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gang call for a battle against a rival‚ these actions exist every day. These conflicts are classified on a scale to determine the severity of those conflicts. The ten classifications of conflicts‚ from least severe to most severe‚ goes as follows: folkway violation‚ civil law tort‚ crime‚ organized crime‚ riot‚ terrorism‚ guerilla war‚ low-level war‚ total war‚ mass destruction. I disagree with the way the ten classifications of conflict are organized and will argue that combining a few levels would
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TEST 1 1. Emile Durkheim saw society as a system "beyond us" with the power to guide our lives. Therefore‚ he described elements of society‚ including cultural norms‚ values‚ and beliefs as: a. false consciousness. b. ideal types. c. social facts. d. forms of rationality. C. Wright Mills claimed that the "sociological imagination" transformed: a. scientific research into common sense. b. personal problems into public issues. c. people into supporters of the status quo. d. common sense
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Explain the importance of socialisation as a process within society. In this essay‚ i will examine the importance of socialisation as a process with in society. Socialisation is the process a human being will go through to make them who they are. They will learn about different types of cultures‚ norms and fashions‚ all of these they will take on throughout their life. Nature vs nurture has a great role in this‚ and‚ personally‚ I believe that nurture makes the largest amount of impact. Socialisation
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Sociology Chapter 2 Culture X. CULTURE – THE DEFINITION A. CULTURE – SOCIETY - A CHANGING WORLD 1. Importance of Culture 2. Culture – Material and Non-material 3. Cultural Universals $. Social Institutions (Adams) B. COMPONENTS OF CULTURE 1. Symbols – anything that can represent anything else 2. Language – symbols that successfully communicate ideas 3. Values 4. Norms C. TECHNOLOGY - CULTURAL CHANGE – DIVERSITY 1. Cultural Change – Technology and Cultural Lag 2. Cultural
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a given set of norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society (Giddens‚ 2001 pg. 203). We can split deviance into two groups’ folkways and mores. Folkways are minor norms while mores are more serious norms. There are different sanctions for a violation of them. An example of the violation of folkways would be burping in a library‚ and a violation of mores would be killing someone for a biscuit. Mores can also be laws. Laws are formal sanctions. Durkheim who was
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circumstances. Generally connected by values‚ beliefs‚ worldviews‚ and ideologies of an ethnic group. 19. Ethos- refers to the socially acceptable norms of an ethnic group. 20. Folkways- norms guiding ordinary usages and conventions of everyday life. 21. Mores-morality norms‚ have much stronger sanctions than folkway or etiquette norms. Members of an ethnic group believe that their mores are crucial for the maintenance of a decent and orderly way of
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1. Go to a public place and OBSERVE the community of people in that place for at least 30 minutes; perhaps as long as 60 minutes. In your report‚ describe the setting and note the date and time of your observation. Describe the element of “community” that you observed. This past Saturday‚ at 10:00 in the morning‚ my seventh grade son had a basketball game. It was an away game and in attendance was average amount of people there for such an early game. It was fairly cold out that morning‚ as
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