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NOTES Sociology

Cultural Conformity

and Adaptation

(What are the basic values that form

the foundation of American culture?

(What is the most significant American value?

(What forms of social control exist to help

ensure that the norms of society are upheld?

(What are the main sources of social change?

(What factors lead individuals to resist social change?

(The American ___________ System

(Traditional American Values:

|Personal Achievement |Work |Morality |Practicality |

|Humanitarianism |Progress |Material Comfort |Equality |

|Democracy |Freedom | | |

(Americans say they are more _______________ and open-minded than their parents

What are some issues that are more morally acceptable today than a decade ago?

Discuss the following questions with your group: (Designate a scribe and turn in with names)

1. Generally speaking: do you think things in this country are heading in the right or wrong direction?

2. Do you think American values will grow stronger, weaker or stay the same over the next ten years?

3. Do you think American values are stronger, weaker or about the same as the rest of the world?

4. What factors do you think contribute to America having stronger values than the rest of the world?

5. Do you think the influence of religion on American life is increasing, decreasing or neither?

6. What did you find interest about the statistics regarding religion?

7. How are your values different from your parents?

8. When using social media like Facebook and Twitter, do you expect that your personal information will remain private?

9. Are you more worried about private companies or the government knowing too much about your personal life?

10. Do you think people are generally motivated by self interest or the interest of the whole?

11. What would you say regarding the change in American’s values over the past 10 years?

(Self-Fulfillment

(a _________________________ to the full development of one’s ___________________,

talents and potential

(narcissism

(extreme _______-_________________

(Internalization

(the process by which a ________ becomes part of an individual’s personality, thereby

conditioning the _____________________ to ___________ to society’s expectations

(Sanctions

(____________ or __________________ used to enforce conformity to norms

( Positive Sanctions: when a sanction is in the form of a reward

( Negative Sanctions: a punishment or threat of punishment used to enforce

conformity

(_______________ Sanctions: reward or punishment given by a formal

___________________ such as the government, police or school

(_______________ Sanctions: __________________ expression of approval or

disapproval given by an individual or group

(Social Control

(Enforcing of _________ through internalization or _____________

Factors that promote social change:

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What are specific examples of the sources of social change?

What are some social consequences to each of these?

(ideology

(a system of ___________ that _____________ some social, moral, religion, political or economic interests held by a social group or society

(social movement

(long-term conscious effort to __________ or ___________ social change

Examples of Social Movements:

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(___________________

(process of spreading culture __________ from one society to another

What are some culture traits that Americans have borrowed from other cultures as a result of increased contact among them? THINK: technology’s impact

(ethnocentrism

(the tendency to view one’s own culture group as _______________

(____________ ______

(a situation where some aspects of culture change less rapidly (or lag behind)

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On a separate sheet of paper, support or refute the following statement:

The Internet has negatively affected

people’s right to privacy in the

United States.

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