Saturday, October 25, 2014

Ethnocentrism

Division of labor

Folkways

Social inequality

Sanctions

Ideal culture vs. Real culture


Ideal culture is a term used by sociologist to refer to the idea of how we should be or what we should strive for.  For instance most people spend their whole lives in the pursuit of money because we are led to believe that if we get enough of it our lives will be better.  On the flip side, Real culture is a term used to describe what we actually do or our "norms".  For instance I shouldn't, but I can eat this entire bag of potato chips.

Looking glass self

The looking glass self is a term coined by Charles Horton Cooley that contains 3 elements.  We imagine what people think of us and then interpret their reactions.  Then we adjust ourselves accordingly.  For instance if I think that everyone is checking me out because I did my hair in a different way I would probably continue to style it that way any time I plan to go out.