Hey, Nacirema!
What American ritual did we read a parody about?
Brushing teeth
This stage is where we engage in behaviors based on our knowledge that others are watching.
The ability to appreciate the structural basis for individual problems
What is The Sociological Imagination?
The specific way capitalists make money, by selling things workers produce. for more than it cost to produce them.
What is profit?
The standards and expectations for behaving in a given culture; both formal (mores, laws) and informal (folkways, customs).
What are norms?
A process by which people attempt to influence the perception of others by regulating and controlling information in social interaction.
What is impression management?
This theory emphasizes the importance of social institutions for social stability.
What is functionalism?
This belief system privileges the individual over the group, espousing a worldview where autonomy, independence, and self-reliance are highly valued and thought to be natural.
What is individualism?
Established procedures and ceremonies that mark transition the life course, like graduation.
What are rituals?
This is the stage where we relax, let our guard down, and can be our "true" selves.
What is the "back stage"?
This theory believes society is unequal and that far-reaching social change is needed.
What is conflict theory?
This type of freedom begins with the assumption that human action is inherently social, and real freedom requires more than the removal of barriers.
What is positive (freedom)?
The symbols, language, beliefs, values, norms, rituals, and artifacts that are part of a society.
What is culture?
The patterned arrangements which influence the choices and opportunities available to people.
What is structure?
This theory emphasizes the social meanings and understanding that individuals derive from their social interactions.
What is symbolic interactionism?
The family, peer groups, and schools are all examples of the type of institution we learn our culture through.
What are agents of socialization?
What is "material"?
The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own choices.
Places like the military, where people are 're-socialized' and face strict rules of behavior.
The economic system that sociologists see as corresponding historically with the belief system we call individualism.
What is capitalism?