Week Three
Rural Sociology 105 with Donnermeyer at Ohio State University - All Campuses
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By: Rachel Beam
Textbook: The Intersections Collection, Pearson Custom Sociology, The Ohio State University, Rural Sociology 105, Autumn 2009
Created: 2011-02-13
Size: 27 flashcards
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Textbook: The Intersections Collection, Pearson Custom Sociology, The Ohio State University, Rural Sociology 105, Autumn 2009
Created: 2011-02-13
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socialization
the lifelong process through which people learn the atttudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture
feral children
Children that were found living in the wild among animals
rite of passage
symbolic transition from one stage of life to the next
sources of socialization
1. Family/extended family, 2. School, 3. Friends/Peers, 4. Media/technology, 5. Workplace
Family/extended family
it is in this source that you establishing gender roles; educational aspirations
School
it is the source of a person's first experience of bureaucracy
-first experience with peers/peer groups
Friends/Peers
Source for first alternatives to family/extended family, maybe more important during adolescence
-very important for development of “I” and “me”
Media/technology
Source of “generalized other” important for development of specific beliefs about politics and world events.
source of change-multi-tasking
Workplace
Source that is important for middle/later aged socialization
-groups often replace peer groups
-important for re-socialization
Piaget's stages of development
1. Sensiormotor, 2. Preoperational, 3. Conrete Operations, 4. Formal Operations
status
the social position we occupy relative others
ascribed status
a social position assigned to a person by society without regard forthe person's unique talents or characteristics. (ex: daughter, causasian, 20 years old)
achieved status
a social position that is within our power to change. (ex: student, friend, employee)
master status
a status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position in society. ( ex: politician, actress)
social role
a set of expectations for people who occupy a given social position or status
role conflict
the situation that occurs when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social statuses held by the same person (ex: brother and businessman)
role strain
the difficulty that arises when the same social status imposes conflicting demands and expectations (ex: teacher vs. family life)
role exit
the process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's self-identity in order to establish a new role and identity. (ex: gradution from school to workplace)
primary groups
a small group characterized by intimate face-to-face association and cooperation (smaller in today's society than a century ago) 20%
secondary group
a formal, impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding (larger is today's society than a century ago) 80%
bureaucracy
a group that is organized to seek a goal; a component of formal organization that uses rules and heirarchial ranking to achieve efficiency
division of labor
that includes a hierarchy (means vertical relationships- assignment of flowing down, and accountability flowing down.) produces efficiency in a large-scale corporation
bureaucracy characteristics
1. division of labor/hierarchy 2. written rules/communication/records 3. impersonality/merit & achievement (no favoritism-in theory)
functions of bureaucracy
-Efficiency
•Many rules (i.e., norms) are clear and specific
•Career- professionalization/security
•Complexity of task/products
McDonaldization
the process by which the principles of efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control shape organization and decision making, in US and around the world.
alienation
loss of control over our creative human capacity to produce, separation from the products we make, and isolation from our fellow producers
application of sociology to business
Communicating effectively (si), Strategic planning (f), Goal setting (f), Team training/building (f, si, &c),Dealing with difficult employees (c &f) , Conflict resolution (c&si), Sales/selling/persuasion (si), Leadership/self-improvement
About this deck
By: Rachel Beam
Textbook: The Intersections Collection, Pearson Custom Sociology, The Ohio State University, Rural Sociology 105, Autumn 2009
Created: 2011-02-13
Size: 27 flashcards
Views: 18
Textbook: The Intersections Collection, Pearson Custom Sociology, The Ohio State University, Rural Sociology 105, Autumn 2009
Created: 2011-02-13
Size: 27 flashcards
Views: 18
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