Society is, in fact, “habit.”
This is very true. Most things we do in society are habitual. It is really interesting to think about. I've never really heard it said like that.
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- Feb 2023
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When people tend to do the same type of work, Durkheim argued, they tend to think and act alike.
I have never thought about this before but it is super true. When you see groups of specific people who spend a lot of time together, they usually have some of the same mannerisms.
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production of information and services.
I was not even familiar with this term and it is super interesting!
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The very first occupation was that of hunter-gatherer.
It is really cool how much occupations have changed since early civilizations.
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- Jan 2023
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Cultural norms function to support the fluid operation of society,
This is why norms are different depending on where you are. It is because every society has different needs and have found ways to support themselves uniquely.
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Some gestures are nearly universal; some are not.
I feel like this can be the same with sarcasm. I would not know what phrases are sarcastic unless I have been around it enough.
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norms—casual behaviors that are generally and widely conformed to—is longer.
I cannot imagine coming from somewhere that does not have the same social norms. People are just expected to know how to act in different environments. For me, it's easy to know what to do, how to act, and what is polite. For someone else it could be really confusing at first.
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Music allows people to make connections, where language might be a more difficult barricade. As Fritz and his team found, music and the emotions it conveys are cultural universals.
This is really interesting to me because I know some people can learn languages faster by listening to music in that language. It is really cool that music is universal and can connect people all over the world in many different ways.
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Material and nonmaterial aspects of culture are linked, and physical objects often symbolize cultural ideas.
It is really cool that while nonmaterial and material aspects of culture are obviously two different things, they can also go hand in hand.
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This is called the Hawthorne effect—which occurs when people change their behavior because they know they are being watched as part of a study.
It's really interesting that they tell people they're being observed as part of the study. It seems like people will always change they way they're acting subconsciously, just because they know they're being watched.
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takes place in the subject’s natural environment, whether it’s a coffee shop or tribal village, a homeless shelter or the DMV, a hospital, airport, mall, or beach resort.
I like that field research can be narrowed down to even a grocery store.
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sources. Every research method comes with plusses and minuses, and the topic of study strongly influences which method or methods are put to use.
I really like that there are different ways to research things. None of them are better or worse than another, there are just different ways to find out different things.
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Soon, as patterns emerge, questions will become more specific, observations will lead to hypotheses, and hypotheses will guide the researcher in analyzing data and generating results.
I think it's really interesting that a person goes with a question in mind, seeking more questions.
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sociologists have discovered social patterns in the workplace that have transformed industries, in families that have enlightened family members, and in education that have aided structural changes in classrooms.
This goes to show how important sociology is to every society. The more we know about the social patterns in societies can show us ways to improve every aspect of our lives.
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the meanings of things are interpreted by a person when dealing with things in specific circumstances
I really like this because it suggests that different things have different meanings depending on what someone is going through.
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Conflict theory looks at society as a competition for limited resources.
This is interesting because it means the people who are "winning" are influencing others.
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biologist, Herbert Spencer, who saw similarities between society and the human body.
I think Herbert Spencer's view is really cool. That the state of society impacted an individual and an individual impacted the state of society.
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Increasingly, single people and cohabitating couples are choosing to raise children outside of marriage through surrogates or adoption.
I think it is super cool that while there are certain things in our society that are taught as the "correct way", we still see drastic changes in social norms that change our opinions.
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