LCC

LS 101
1. Define the following:

A. Sociology
- The study of human social relationships and institutions.
- A social science that focuses on society, human social behaviour,
patters of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of
culture associated with everyday life.
B. Social
- Relating to society or organization
C. Norms
- A Fundamental concept in the social sciences.
- Most commonly defined as rules or expectations that are socially
enforced.
D. Conformity
- It is the process whereby people change their beliefs, attitudes,
actions, or perceptions to more close match those held by groups to
which they belong or want to belong by groups whose approval they
desire.
E. Social Self
- It is a multifaceted analysis of the self concept based on the social
nature of self.
- Refers to how we perceive ourselves in relation to others.
F. Symbolic Interactionism
- A theoretical perspective in sociology that addresses the manner in
which society is created and maintained through face-to-face,
repeated, meaningful interactions among individuals.
- Analyzed society by addressing the subjective meanings that people
impose on objects, events, and behaviours.
G. Relationship
- A central research concern in sociology
- Social relationships are divided into primary, secondary groups.
H. Interaction
- A dynamic sequence of social actions between individuals or groups
who modify their actions and reactions due to actions by their
interaction(s) partner.
I. Sociogram
- It is a tool for charting the relationships within a group.
- The purpose of this is to uncover the underlying relationships
between people.
J. First Impression
- Event when one person first encounters another person and forms a
mental image of that person.
2. What are the different sociological view of Self? Explain each.

- major theoretical perspectives:

 Functionalist perspective
- emphasizes of the interconnectedness of society by focusing on
how each part influences and is influenced by other parts.
- views society as composed of different parts working together.
 Conflict perspective
- explains various aspects of our social world by looking which
groups have piwer and benefit from a particular social
arrangement.
 Symbolic interactionist perspective
- reflects the micro-sociological perspective, and was influences by
the work of early sociologists and philosophers.
- emphasizes that human behaviour is influenced by definitions
and meanings that are created and maintained through symbolic
interaction with others.
 Feminism
- focuses on the theory of patriarchy as a system of power that
organizes society into a complex of relationships based pn the
assertion of male supremacy.

3. What are the three main stages in the Developmental of Social Self
according to Mead? Explain.

George Herbert Mead’s 3 stages of Developmental Self

1. The Preparatory Stage

- First stage
- Lasts from the time we are born until we are about the age of two.
- Children usually mimic the things surround them or the actions of
people whom they regularly interact that makes them on the
preparatory stage.
- Children are only capable of imitation: they have no ability to imagine
how others see things.
2. The Play Stage
- From age two to six.
- Children begin to take on the role that one person might have.
- Example, they try acting out the “grownup” behaviour like taking
parents roles.
3. The Game Stage
- From age seven onwards.
- Children can begin to understand and adhere the rules of games.
- Children learn to consider several roles at the same time and how
those roles interact with each other.
- Children learn to understand interactions involving different people
with a variety of purposes.