Chapter 1: Sociology Flashcards
It has significantly changed society and affected how an individual builds and develop his/her self-identity.
Modernization
It was a society centered on survival.
Pre-modern society
They behave according to social rules and traditions.
People
They provide supervision on how to get through life.
Family and immediate environment
The social relation implied in the extensive use of material power and machinery in all processes of production.
Industrialism
A production system involving both competitive product markets and the commodification (putting a price tag) of labor power.
Capitalism
The massive increase of power and reach by institutions, especially government.
Institutions of surveillance
It is characterized as having vigorous activity and progress.
Dynamism
It is described as having two or more people interacting with one another, sharing similar characteristics, and whose members identify themselves as part of the group.
Social group
It refers to the ties or connections that link you to your social group.
Social network
It is the connection you have with your family.
Blood relation
It is naturally occurring, and is highly influenced by your family.
Organic group
The positive effect of of organic groups.
Rootedness
These are formed as a matter of shared self-interests.
Rational groups
The joining of groups out of their own free will.
Rational motivation
He was a sociologist from the late 1800s, well known for his “theory of the Social Self.”
George Herbert Mead
This theory is based on the perspective that the self is a product of social interactions and internalizing the external views along with one’s personal view of oneself.
Theory of the Social Self
Mead believed it to be not present at birth; rather it develop over time through social experiences and activities.
Self
It sets the stage for self-development.
Language
Individuals role-play or assume the perspective of others.
Play
It enables the person to internalize some other people’s perspectives.
Role-playing
It is the level where the individual not only internalizes other people’s perspectives, he/she is also able to take into account societal rules and adheres to it.
Game
It is the product of what the person has learned while interacting with others and with the environment.
Me
It exercises social control over the self. It sees to it that the rules are not broken.
Me
It is the part of the self that is unsocialized and spontaneous.
I
It is the individual’s response to the community’s attitude toward the person.
I
It is compromised by learned behaviors, attitudes, and even expectations.
Me
It represents impulses and drives.
I
