UTS 2 Flashcards
UTS SECOND EXAMINATION
__________ are concerned with questions about the person in the community. For example, they ask questions, like: “How does society influence you?” “How do you affect society?” More importantly, “Who are you as a person in the community?”
Sociologists
_________ posits that socially formed norms, beliefs, and values come to exist within the person to a degree where these become natural and normal (Elwell, 2003), thus, developing the person’s self-identity.
Sociology
Sociology posits that socially formed norms, beliefs, and values come to exist within the person to a degree where these become natural and normal (Elwell, 2003), thus, developing the person’s ___-____.
self-identity.
_________ has significantly changed society, and this has affected how an individual builds and develops his or her self-identity.
Modernization
Modernization has significantly changed society, and this has affected how an individual builds and develops his or her ________.
self-identity
_________ society was centered on survival. People behaved according to social rules and traditions while the family and the immediate environment provided supervision on how to get through life. Choosing where to live, what line of work to do, and even who to marry was very limited
Pre-modern
_________, however, has improved people’s living conditions.
Modernization
A person in the ________ _______ is free to choose where to live, what to do, and who to be with. However, stability has also decreased as traditions and traditional support systems, such as the family, have decreased in importance.
modern society
A person in the modern society is free to choose where to live, what to do, and who to be with. However, _______ has also decreased as traditions and traditional support systems, such as the family, have decreased in importance.
stability
A person in the modern society is free to choose where to live, what to do, and who to be with. However, stability has also decreased as traditions and traditional support systems, such as the family, have _________ in importance.
decreased
In modern societies, _______ is dominant, and developing one’s self-identity is central (Giddens, 1991).
individualism
In modern societies, individualism is dominant, and developing one’s ___________ is central (Giddens, 1991).
self-identity
Key characteristics of modernity
- According to Giddens (1991), the most patent, major characteristics of modernity are:
- Industrialism
- Capitalism
- Institutions of surveillance
- Dynamism
the social relations 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 in government, and
- Institutions of surveillance
the most evident characteristic of a modern society. _______- is
characterized as having vigorous activity and progress. In a modern society, life
is not a predetermined path with limited options based on location, family, or
gender, it is a society full of possibilities. Everything is subject to change, and
changes happen much more rapidly than ever before in human history.
- Dynamism
_________ is characterized as having vigorous activity and progress.
Dynamism
Sociologist ______ _______ expressed that people create social networks by joining social groups.
George Simmel
Sociologist George Simmel expressed that people create social networks by joining ________ _______
social groups.
A ______ ______ 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. An example of a social group is your family, your barkada, your classmates.
social group
A social group is described as having two or more people interacting with one another, sharing _______ characteristics, and whose members identify themselves as part of the group. An example of a social group is your family, your barkada, your classmates.
similar
____ _____ refers to the ties or connections that link you to your social group (Khan Academy, WEB). The connection you have with your family is your blood relation; the connection you have with your barkada is your friendship; and the connection you have with your classmates is the common interest to learn.
social network
A _______ ______ is either organic or rational. An organic group is naturally occurring, and it is highly influenced by your family. This is usually formed in traditional societies because there is little diversity in these communities.
social group