sociology

SOCIOLOGY NOTES FEB 10 CULTURE: MATERIAL vs. NONMATERIAL Material culture: All human made artifacts we can see or touch Nonmaterial culture: thoughts, language, feelings, beliefs, values, Attitudes Values: shared judgments about right of wrong Beliefs: ideas we hold about life, about where we fit in, about the way society works Ideal culture: how things ?should? be Real culture: the way things are actually done NORMS: rules of behavior shared by members of a society and rooted in the value system NORMS Rules of behavior shared by members of a society and rooted in the value system Examples: brush your teeth, finish high school, do not murder Include: Folkways Mores Laws Taboos FOLKWAYS Customs or desirable behaviors Examples: cheating on a spouse LAWS

HISTORY NOTES 1811-1991 PROGRESS AND POVERTY (1879) 17-2 Henry George was a journalist in San Francisco. He knew that the nation was entering a age of unprecedented wealth, poverty persisted and social inequality widened. To fix the problem he proposed a land value or rent be taxed and the revenues go back to the public. He proposed that a tax on all owned land was better and would profit on a single land tax whether the land was improved by the owner or not improved the same tax would be paid. So the non-producer would no longer toll in luxury while the producer got the barest necessities. THE GOSPEL WEALTH (1889) 17-3

SOCIOLOGY TEST 1 STUDY GUIDE Socialization- a lifelong process of learning to a member of the social world. Stratification- has individuals and groups are layered or ranked in society to how many valued resources they possess. Independent Variable- a variable in a cause and effect relationship that comes first in a time sequence and causes a change in another variable Dependent Variable- The variable in a cause and effect relationship that is affected by and comes after the independent variable in time sequence. Society- An organized and interdependent group of individuals who live together in a specific geographical area and who interact more with each other than they do with outsiders; they cooperate for the attainment of common goals and share a common culture over time

SOCIOLOGY NOTES FEB 10 CULTURE: MATERIAL vs. NONMATERIAL Material culture: All human made artifacts we can see or touch Nonmaterial culture: thoughts, language, feelings, beliefs, values, Attitudes Values: shared judgments about right of wrong Beliefs: ideas we hold about life, about where we fit in, about the way society works Ideal culture: how things ?should? be Real culture: the way things are actually done NORMS: rules of behavior shared by members of a society and rooted in the value system NORMS Rules of behavior shared by members of a society and rooted in the value system Examples: brush your teeth, finish high school, do not murder Include: Folkways Mores Laws Taboos FOLKWAYS Customs or desirable behaviors Examples: cheating on a spouse LAWS

HISTORY NOTES 1811-1991 PROGRESS AND POVERTY (1879) 17-2 Henry George was a journalist in San Francisco. He knew that the nation was entering a age of unprecedented wealth, poverty persisted and social inequality widened. To fix the problem he proposed a land value or rent be taxed and the revenues go back to the public. He proposed that a tax on all owned land was better and would profit on a single land tax whether the land was improved by the owner or not improved the same tax would be paid. So the non-producer would no longer toll in luxury while the producer got the barest necessities. THE GOSPEL WEALTH (1889) 17-3