SOC 1101: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY,
WINDERS
What is the definition of the social construction of reality? - Answer -The process
through which people create their understanding of their environment. The rules and
meanings that shape our behavior are the basic elements of the process. SCOR
becomes taken for granted you become accustomed to a certain one that fits your
culture and its rules.
What is a self-fulfilling prophecy? - Answer -When an expectation leads to behavior that
then causes the expectation to become a reality
What are some examples of self-fulfilling prophecy? - Answer -Placebo effect
Pygmalion effect: teacher's expectations of students has the ability to affect the
student's performance
What are norms? - Answer -Rules concerning appropriate and inappropriate behavior
by which people are judged
What is a status? - Answer -A social position (not all are equal). A position that a
person occupies within a social structure. The statuses that each of us have determines
where we "fit" in society. We don't choose most of our statuses
status symbols - Answer -Status symbols: symbols that indicate a person's status, like
a police badge or a diploma
master status - Answer -Our most significant status determined by society in context
achieved status - Answer -Achieved status is a status you must do something to
achieve (ex: college graduate, spouse), while an ascribed status is a status you are
born with (ex: daughter, age)
ascribed status - Answer -Statuses we are born with or is otherwise assigned to us.
status inconsistency - Answer -Having two or more statuses that appear contradictory.
How does status influence perceptions of behavior? - Answer -Having a certain status
shapes people's expectations of you
What are roles? - Answer -Roles are the expectations for behavior in a position. They
are the rights and obligations attached to a particular status, or the part played by a
person who occupies a certain status
, How do roles relate to status? - Answer -The status is college freshman, the role is to
get good grades, earn a degree, become well-rounded citizens
Name the two dimensions of roles. - Answer -Action Dimension and Identity Dimension
Action Dimension - Answer -Roles guide our behavior. Roles exist outside of
individuals. Roles are learned (through socialization). Most roles are conferred upon us.
Roles create a sense of personal organization—they structure and pattern our lives; a
lack of roles leads to a sense of personal disorganization: anomie, a sense of
normlessness
Identity Dimension - Answer -Roles shape our Identity and Emotions. Roles carry
emotions and attitudes. These emotions and attitudes give us identity.
What is the self? - Answer -the set of skills and abilities that allow people to account for
what's on their own mind and the minds of others. The Self is the ability to see
ourselves "from the outside".The self is a relatively stable set of perceptions of who we
are in relation to ourselves, others, and to social systems. It is used To Perceive,
evaluate, and observe ourselves.
Why is the self important? - Answer -It gives us
Judgment about oneself
Others' evaluations of us
How does the self develop? - Answer -In the play stage, Children develop the ability of
understanding what's on the minds of others, as well as to take account of their own
mind.
What is socialization? - Answer -the process of learning what's on our minds and those
of others
How does socialization relate to the self? - Answer -the development of the self.
Not just a list of "do's" and "don'ts"
Socialization also gives us the ability to interpret what others think as well as what we
think
What are Mead's stages of socialization? - Answer -• 3 Stages:
1. Preparatory Stage:
a. Children under 3 years of age.
b. Children mimic and imitate behavior of adults.
c. Importantly, there's no meaning attached to the behavior
d. This activity helps the children prepare for role taking.
2. Play Stage:
a. From the ages 3-6
b. They take on the role of the "other", learning that they're different and independent.
c. Children play at being others, at taking on the roles that others have.
WINDERS
What is the definition of the social construction of reality? - Answer -The process
through which people create their understanding of their environment. The rules and
meanings that shape our behavior are the basic elements of the process. SCOR
becomes taken for granted you become accustomed to a certain one that fits your
culture and its rules.
What is a self-fulfilling prophecy? - Answer -When an expectation leads to behavior that
then causes the expectation to become a reality
What are some examples of self-fulfilling prophecy? - Answer -Placebo effect
Pygmalion effect: teacher's expectations of students has the ability to affect the
student's performance
What are norms? - Answer -Rules concerning appropriate and inappropriate behavior
by which people are judged
What is a status? - Answer -A social position (not all are equal). A position that a
person occupies within a social structure. The statuses that each of us have determines
where we "fit" in society. We don't choose most of our statuses
status symbols - Answer -Status symbols: symbols that indicate a person's status, like
a police badge or a diploma
master status - Answer -Our most significant status determined by society in context
achieved status - Answer -Achieved status is a status you must do something to
achieve (ex: college graduate, spouse), while an ascribed status is a status you are
born with (ex: daughter, age)
ascribed status - Answer -Statuses we are born with or is otherwise assigned to us.
status inconsistency - Answer -Having two or more statuses that appear contradictory.
How does status influence perceptions of behavior? - Answer -Having a certain status
shapes people's expectations of you
What are roles? - Answer -Roles are the expectations for behavior in a position. They
are the rights and obligations attached to a particular status, or the part played by a
person who occupies a certain status
, How do roles relate to status? - Answer -The status is college freshman, the role is to
get good grades, earn a degree, become well-rounded citizens
Name the two dimensions of roles. - Answer -Action Dimension and Identity Dimension
Action Dimension - Answer -Roles guide our behavior. Roles exist outside of
individuals. Roles are learned (through socialization). Most roles are conferred upon us.
Roles create a sense of personal organization—they structure and pattern our lives; a
lack of roles leads to a sense of personal disorganization: anomie, a sense of
normlessness
Identity Dimension - Answer -Roles shape our Identity and Emotions. Roles carry
emotions and attitudes. These emotions and attitudes give us identity.
What is the self? - Answer -the set of skills and abilities that allow people to account for
what's on their own mind and the minds of others. The Self is the ability to see
ourselves "from the outside".The self is a relatively stable set of perceptions of who we
are in relation to ourselves, others, and to social systems. It is used To Perceive,
evaluate, and observe ourselves.
Why is the self important? - Answer -It gives us
Judgment about oneself
Others' evaluations of us
How does the self develop? - Answer -In the play stage, Children develop the ability of
understanding what's on the minds of others, as well as to take account of their own
mind.
What is socialization? - Answer -the process of learning what's on our minds and those
of others
How does socialization relate to the self? - Answer -the development of the self.
Not just a list of "do's" and "don'ts"
Socialization also gives us the ability to interpret what others think as well as what we
think
What are Mead's stages of socialization? - Answer -• 3 Stages:
1. Preparatory Stage:
a. Children under 3 years of age.
b. Children mimic and imitate behavior of adults.
c. Importantly, there's no meaning attached to the behavior
d. This activity helps the children prepare for role taking.
2. Play Stage:
a. From the ages 3-6
b. They take on the role of the "other", learning that they're different and independent.
c. Children play at being others, at taking on the roles that others have.
