SOC 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Fact, Prenatal Development, Middle Ages
7 Feb 2017
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Things that originate outside they are external to all individuals now living. Things that are originated in the past they are not the product of present generations. Cannot be known or learned by reflection. Are the context that guide our action & way of thinking. Are resistant to individuals" will they exert power over individual belief. Consist of manners of acting, thinking, & feeling external to the individual which are invested w/coercive (ability to influence) power. >in 1980, only 6% of men in their early 40"s at all levels of education & 5% of women in their early 40"s had never married. By 2004, this portion had increased to 16. 5% of men & about 12. 5% of women (facing middle age with no degree) Fertility: capacity to produce offspring by sexual or asexual process. The most widely used indicator of fertility is the total fertility rate (tfr)
