Science
theory
Forms of Capital
Extra : Definition of Capital
1) Economic
2) Social
3) Symbolic
4) Cultural
5) Human
Definition - any factor of production that is not wanted for itself but for its ability to help in producing other goods
A set of enduring customs of social life, like religion or the "institution of marriage, " as well as long-lasting formal organizations, like government agencies of school
Institution
the disorientation experienced when coming into contact with a fundamentally different culture
culture shock
Forms of Capital
1) economic
2) social
3) symbolic
4) cultural
a prediction about what we will discover in our research
hypothesis
Opportunities or resources gained through the networks to which one belongs
Social capital
Our ideas of what is worthy of seeking in life, what is good or bad, and what is beautiful or ugly
Values
includes physical objects that members of a society create, use and share and that influence the way in which people live
material culture
1) sacred - things that are worthy of awe and special treatment - not mundane or part of everyday life
2) profane - things not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular
the branch of epistemology that holds that knowledge comes from sensory experience (observation)
observation
empiricism
observation - findings from testing our hypothesis
cultural signals, such as education, ways of speaking, or taste in art that offer a person access to status and power
Cultural capital
An experiment that seeks to examine people's reactions to violations of commonly accepted social rules or norms
Breaching Experiment
The conversations we have with ourselves in our minds, both verbal and non verbal
Internal Dialogue
Stages of Self
1) Preparatory Stage - Around age 2 or below. Beings to to imitate people around them
2) Play Stage - Between 2-6. Begin to develop communication skills through symbols, taking first steps into role - talking
3) Game Stage - Around 8 or 9, consider several actual tasks and relationships simultaneously
Other epistemologies
Extra points : Definition of epistemology
1) Rationalism - philosophy
2) Idealism - theology
Definition - What we think we know about the world
Economic resources such as money or property that can be exchanged or leveraged to obtain other goods
Economic capital
Made up of the shared set of meanings that people use in society use to interpret and understand the world
non-material culture
expressions that one gives off as a byproduct of behavior presumably exhibited for reasons other than conveying information
expressions given off
The three elements of the self-concept
1) imagination of our appearance to another person
2) imagination of their judgement of said appearance
3) some sort of self-feeling, such as pride or mortification
Examples of both quantitative and qualitative?
Quantitative - experiments, surveys
Qualitative - in-depth interviews, ethnographies
The resources available to an individual on the basis of honor, prestige, or recognition
Symbolic capital
The interactive process by which knowledge is produced and codified, making it specific to a certain group or society
social construction of reality
The capacity to think systematically about how many things we experience as personal problems are really social issues that are widely shared by others born in similar time and location as us
Three Theoretical Perspectives of Society
1) Functionalism - views a society as complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability
2) Conflict theory - views social structures as arising through conflict between opposing parties (Groups dominate, control, or resist other groups)
3) Symbolic interacts - views society as a process shaped and constructed through interactions between individuals