Sociological Practice
1. Paying attention to population and human ecology can deepen understanding
ch.4
Demography
The statistical study of human populations, esp. patterns of birth,death,migration
ch.4
Human ecology
a. The study of relationships that exist among individuals, social systems, and the physical environment
b. the consequences of those relationships, physical arrangements of social systems, and even cyberspace
Population:
1. Bith: industrialized v. non industrialized
----effect of numbers on social dynamics
2. Death:position makes a difference (p.103)
3. Population and the big picture (104-106)
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Relational self" *
ch. 5 Johnson
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Our identity exists only in relationship to others
Significant others
William James
What is self
An individual's self is the sum total of all they can call theirs
1. Material self
2. social self
3. Spiritual seld
George Herbert Mead]
What is the social basis of individual action
Mind self and society
2. Reflexivity: the ability to get outside of ourselves and see ourselves as others do
3. Language-plays a crucial role in how others influence our sense of self by communicating their perspective to use
Ch. 5
Thinking about oneself
1. as children we are able to think about ourselves when we discover how others think about me (p.109)
2. At first we incorporate this feedback from those we know in our "primary groups"; family,playmates,neighborhood
Charles Horton Cooley
What is the social basis of the self's formation?
Human Nature and Socail Order
ch.5
"Relational" Self
our identity exists only in relationship to others.
shaped by significant others
Ch.5
William James
Belief on Self
An individual's self is the sum total of all they can call theirs
1. Material Self
2. Socail Self
3. Spiritual Self
How we come to terms about ourselves and development/how society socializes us
1. primary groups, cooley
2. Generalized other mead
1.As children, we gain the capability when we discover how others Others think about me
---a. According to Cooley, we first incorporate what we know from primary groups: family,playmates,neighbors
2. According to mead, As we mature we are able to infer ho
How we come to terms about ourselves and development
1.As children, we gain the capability when we discover how others Others think about me
Ch.5
Robert Park and Sociall roles
1. everyone is always playing a role. Roles primarily determined by occupational statuses
2. The self is determined by the individual's conception of his roles on the social scene and the status accorded to those roles
Action
We influence society by taking action. Action is behavior that indents to have a particular impact, based on existing social meanings.
----a. According to mead, actions--or "social gestures"-- are made in response to others' actions, after considering soc
Goffman dramaturgy
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Jazz
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Ch. 5 George Mead--The basis of social action
What influences are sense of self
1. Reflexivity
2. Language
1. Reflexivity: the ability to get outside ourselves and see as others do
2. language plays a crucial role in how others influence our sense of self by communication their perspective to us