Culture
What is culture?
Language, beliefs, values and norms, behaviors, and material objects that are passed from one generation to the next.
What was the name of the teacher and what grade was her students?
1. Jane Elliot
2. 3rd Grade
What is Socialization?
Preparation of newcomers to a group and the conformity to the group's ways
What are norms from a sociological perspective?
Norms are the informal, often unspoken rules that govern how people behave in various social situations
The three perspectives of sociology
Symbolic Interactionism, Functional Analysis, and Conflict Theory
1. Folk Culture
2. Pop Culture
3. Material Culture
4. Non-material Culture
What eye colors were used in this experiments
Blue-eyed and brown-eyed
How are groups categorized?
Shared characteristics, attached stereotypes and stigmas, and/or levels of contact over a period of time
What are values from a sociological perspective?
Ideals or beliefs that a group or an individual holds and are essential for determining what is desirable or undesirable to them
Which perspective focused on the relationship of symbols
Symbolic Interactionism
What are the differences between folk and pop culture and the differences between material and non-material Culture?
Folk focuses on the practices within a small group compared to pop's larger group. Material is exemplified by tangible material objects while non-material is more invisible
This experiment was taught to teach students what? When did the teacher decide to implement her experiment?
1. Discrimination
2. After MLK Jr.'s assassination
What are the two sub-divisions of groups?
In-group and out-group
Define Conformity and Deviance
1. Any action or behavior that follows social norms 2. Any action or behavior that violates social norms
Karl Marx followed this type of perspective for his Communist Manifesto
Conflict Theory
What are two divisions of culture that exists?
Lower intelligence, a tangible manifestation of the harmful effects of discrimination.
Why are groups formed?
1. Cooperation
2. Coercion
3. Social Exchange
4. Reciprocity
5. Conflict
6. Benefits
If a person were inside an elevator and faced the direction where the door was while other inhabitants faced the back, what would this be an example of?
Deviance
Family is represented by the child; innocence needing a guide; mother, maternal warmth; father of strong guidance and protection. This is an example of what?
Symbolic Interactionism
Cultural relativism
The children had two days for the experiment while adults had one day. What did this result in?
Children swapped roles but the adults did not.
Nuclear family is usually considered an example of what because of what, and therefore usually what of the subdivisions?
1. Primary Group
2. Is a group most have long contact and investment over time
3. In-group
Consider social controls, if a person followed norms, what would happen to them in order to keep them conforming?
Rewards. Ex: Praise and material obejcts
Symbolic Interactionism is more interested on a what-level compared to Conflict Theory's and Functional Analysis' what-level?
Hint: The homelessness
1. Micro-level
2. Macro-level