[SOC2106] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (51 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2106
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Norms: rules and expectations which a society guides the behavior of its members. Mores (right and wrong) and folkways (right and rude), identified by willing graham. Formal the state and anything connected to the state, such as universities and religious institutions. Informal your friends and family, such as calling your friend to get advice on what to wear. Ethnocentrism: the practice of judging another culture by the standards of ones own culture (ex: judging japans food choices how a culture eats). Sociologists tend to discourage this practice; instead, they advocate the following; Cultural relativism: the practice of judging a culture by its own standards. Social problem: aspect of life seen to warrant concern and intervention. The identification of a social problem is the outcome of a social process including a moral evaluation of people"s behavior. Ex) crime, child abuse, poverty, substance abuse, racism.