All posts tagged "soc 100"

  • Marriage, Family, and Kinship Organization Notes

    Family as a Social Institution Organized Essential tasks Institution: system of norms, values, statuses, and roles Perform certain functions Marriage, business, the media, medicine, law, science, and recreation are also institutions Activity becomes institutionalized when accepted by...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Health and Illness

    Health risks are unevenly distributed in the United States and around the world. Social factors play a major role in our individual health. The social factors that affect our health are associated with specific characteristic including: race,...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Family Violence Notes

      Social Stresses on Families Stressor events Hardships How we respond to them – social learning ABCX Model of Stress (Image courtesy of imagerymajestic/FreeDigitalPhotos.net) A (the event) interacts with B (the family’s crisis-meeting resources) which interacts with...

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  • Deviance and Social Control

    Every year on Halloween night in a small town in Central California something happens. If you ask those who live in this town about their town they would say, “Nothing really exciting ever seems to happen in...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Symbolic Interactionism

    Symbolic interactionism focuses on how individuals communicate with one another, the basis of that communication, and the results and consequences of each interaction. Symbolic interactionism focuses on everyday interactions and how people perceive and define events. George...

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  • Intro to Sociology

    WHAT IS SOCIETY? When we say “a group of people who share territory and culture” we mean a group of people who live in the same area and share culture. They have similar attitudes, values, beliefs, and...

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  • Functionalists and Structural Functionalism

    Functionalists and Structural Functionalism Talcott Parsons saw “Society as a Social System.” All parts of society (institutions and groups) must work and fulfill their function in order to maintain homeostasis. Each part of society contributes to the...

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  • Conflict Theory

      Conflict theory states that our society is made up of groups and individuals who struggle and compete over the limited resources and rewards that are available in our society. Resources and rewards oftentimes indicates money, however,...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Social Theory Explained

      Conflict theory states that our society is made up of groups and individuals who struggle and compete over the limited resources and rewards that are available in our society. Resources and rewards oftentimes indicates money, however,...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • A Few Sociology Questions

    Here are samples of topics we would discuss in a Sociology course. Read over a few and share some thoughts. Sociological Theory Define and explain each of our main sociological theories (structural functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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