SOC 1305 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Erving Goffman, Symbolic Interactionism, Cultural Relativism
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Ageism - discriminating against someone for their age. Agents of socialization - persons, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know in order to participate in society 1. Peers - interests, social position, and age in common. Mass media- impersonal communications aimed at a vast audience. Beliefs - specific statements that people hold to be true. Characteristics of culture - dynamic, patterned, learned, shared, transmitted. Charles horton cooley and the looking glass self - self-image based on how we think others see us. What we think of ourselves depends on what we think others think. Components of culture - symbols, language, values, beliefs, norms. Conflict perspective - values and norms help create and sustain the privileged position of the powerful in society. Countercultures - groups that strongly reject dominant societal values and norms and seeks alternative lifestyles.
