Main Concepts Flashcards
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Institutions
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Social arrangements (religion, economy)
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Structure
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The way society is organized
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Groups
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Institutions are composed of groups 2 or more people with a common identity and interactions over time
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Status
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Ones position in a group (title) related to ones position
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Roles
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Expected behavior based on ones status
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Cultural
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Meanings and ways of life of society beliefs, norms, values, sanctions, symbols
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Values
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Social agreements about what is considered good or bad
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Norms
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Expected and accepted behavior
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Folkways
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Different types of customs, manners
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Mores
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Norms based on values, violations of mores result in public out cry. Ex serial killers
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Sanctions
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Positive, informal, formal
