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Resocialization. - The process of unlearning of old ways and learning of new ways upon moving into a significantly different social environment- degradation ceremonies, 2-step process (old norms chopped, new behaviors/norms/values added (AA meetings, cults) Social environment. contact with others. feral/wild children.
False. According to social exchange theory, any of a persons resources can be traded for more, better, or different resources that another person possesses. (1) True (1) According to social exchange theory, relationships involve trading a variety of resources, such as money, youth, and good looks.
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- Mechanisms of social change
Causal explanations of social change are limited in scope, especially when the subject of study involves initial conditions or basic processes. A more general and theoretical way of explaining social change is to construct a model of recurring mechanisms of social change. Such mechanisms, incorporated in different theoretical models, include the fo...
Causal explanations of social change are limited in scope, especially when the subject of study involves initial conditions or basic processes. A more general and theoretical way of explaining social change is to construct a model of recurring mechanisms of social change. Such mechanisms, incorporated in different theoretical models, include the fo...
In sociological terms, society refers to a group of people who live in a definable geographic space and share the same or similar culture. Consider the cell phone example: phone (society), hardware (social institutions), and software (culture). Sociologist Gerhard Lenski (1924–) defined societies in terms of their technological sophistication.
Peer Groups. A peer group is made up of people who are similar in age and social status and who share interests. Peer group socialization begins in the earliest years, such as when kids on a playground teach younger children the norms about taking turns, the rules of a game, or how to shoot a basket.
