SOC-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Stratification, Social Control, Role Theory
18 Feb 2016
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Social location location tells the individual just what he may do and what he can expect of life one ignores these forces at one"s peril. Social control concentric circles of coercion and voluntary compliance (force, norms, values) Definition of the situations conceptions of reality matter (often inherited) taken for granted assumptions. Role theory a typified response to a typified expectation (socially pre-determined and unconsciously embraced) Sociology of knowledge ideas have social origins. Reference-group theory peers/significant others matter: different interpretations of the same situation.
