SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS CHAPTER 3 Cultural Conformity and Adaptation Section 1: The American Values System Section 2: Social Control Section 3: Social Change HOLT,
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 3
Cultural Conformity
and Adaptation
Section 1: The American Values System
Section 2: Social Control
Section 3: Social Change
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HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Objectives:
Identify the basic values that form the
foundation of American culture.
Describe new values that have developed in
the United States since the 1970s.
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HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Basic Values
of American Culture
Personal Achievement – built primarily by people
that value individual achievement, as in the area
of employment
Individualism – success comes through hard work
and initiative
Work – Americans view discipline, dedication,
and hard work as signs of virtue
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HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Basic Values
of American Culture
(continued)
Morality and Humanitarianism – Americans place
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a high value on morality and tend to view the
world in terms of right and wrong; quick to help
the unfortunate
Efficiency and Practicality – practical and
inventive, every problem has a solution; judge
objects on their usefulness and people on their
ability to get things done
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Basic Values
of American Culture
(continued)
Progress and Material Comfort – Americans
believe that through hard work and determination
living standards will continue to improve
Equality and Democracy – to have human
equality, there must be an equality of opportunity;
success is a reward that must be earned
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HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Basic Values
of American Culture
(continued)
Freedom – freedom of choice such as religion,
speech, and press and protect them from
government interference
6
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Our Changing Values
Self-fulfillment – the commitment to the full
development of one’s personality, talents, and
potential; includes leisure, physical fitness and
youthfulness
Environmental protection
Education and Religion were deemed
important by students who were polled
7
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 2: Social Control
Objectives:
Identify how the norms of society are
enforced.
Describe the differences between positive and
negative sanctions and between formal and
informal sanctions.
8
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 2: Social Control
Enforcing the Norms of Society
Internalization – process by which a norm
becomes a part of an individual’s personality
thus conditioning that individual to conform to
society’s expectations
Sanctions – rewards and punishments used to
enforce conformity to the norms
9
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 2: Social Control
Different Types of Sanctions
Positive Sanction – action that rewards a
particular kind of behavior such as good grades or
a pay raise
Negative Sanction – punishment or the threat of
punishment to enforce conformity such as frowns,
imprisonment, and even death
10
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 2: Social Control
Different Types of Sanctions
(continued)
Formal Sanction – rewards or punishments by a
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formal organization or regulatory agency such as
the government and includes promotions, awards,
or low grades
Informal Sanction – spontaneous expression of
approval or disapproval by an individual or group
such as a standing ovation, gifts, gossip, or
ridicule
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 3: Social Change
Objectives:
Identify and describe the main sources of
social change.
Describe the factors that lead people to resist
social change.
12
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 3: Social Change
Main Sources of Social Change
Values and Beliefs – are affected by ideology spread
13
through social movements
Technology – knowledge and tools people use to
manipulate their environment
Population – change in size of population may bring
about changes in the culture
Diffusion – the process of spreading culture traits
from one society to another
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 3: Social Change
Main Sources of Social Change
(continued)
Physical Environment – the environment may provide
conditions that encourage or discourage cultural
change
Wars and Conquest – are not common but bring about
the greatest amount of change in the least amount of
time
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HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
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SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 3: Social Change
Factors Leading to
Resisting Social Change
Ethnocentrism – can lead to segregation
Cultural Lag – a delay in cultural change such
as the introduction and use of computers
Vested Interests – might lead to a focus on
maintaining budgets over a focus on providing a
quality education and instruction
15
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 3
Cultural Conformity
and Adaptation
Section 1: The American Values System
Section 2: Social Control
Section 3: Social Change
1
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 2
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Objectives:
Identify the basic values that form the
foundation of American culture.
Describe new values that have developed in
the United States since the 1970s.
2
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 3
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Basic Values
of American Culture
Personal Achievement – built primarily by people
that value individual achievement, as in the area
of employment
Individualism – success comes through hard work
and initiative
Work – Americans view discipline, dedication,
and hard work as signs of virtue
3
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 4
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Basic Values
of American Culture
(continued)
Morality and Humanitarianism – Americans place
4
a high value on morality and tend to view the
world in terms of right and wrong; quick to help
the unfortunate
Efficiency and Practicality – practical and
inventive, every problem has a solution; judge
objects on their usefulness and people on their
ability to get things done
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 5
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Basic Values
of American Culture
(continued)
Progress and Material Comfort – Americans
believe that through hard work and determination
living standards will continue to improve
Equality and Democracy – to have human
equality, there must be an equality of opportunity;
success is a reward that must be earned
5
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 6
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Basic Values
of American Culture
(continued)
Freedom – freedom of choice such as religion,
speech, and press and protect them from
government interference
6
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 7
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 1: The American Values System
Our Changing Values
Self-fulfillment – the commitment to the full
development of one’s personality, talents, and
potential; includes leisure, physical fitness and
youthfulness
Environmental protection
Education and Religion were deemed
important by students who were polled
7
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 8
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 2: Social Control
Objectives:
Identify how the norms of society are
enforced.
Describe the differences between positive and
negative sanctions and between formal and
informal sanctions.
8
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 9
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 2: Social Control
Enforcing the Norms of Society
Internalization – process by which a norm
becomes a part of an individual’s personality
thus conditioning that individual to conform to
society’s expectations
Sanctions – rewards and punishments used to
enforce conformity to the norms
9
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 10
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 2: Social Control
Different Types of Sanctions
Positive Sanction – action that rewards a
particular kind of behavior such as good grades or
a pay raise
Negative Sanction – punishment or the threat of
punishment to enforce conformity such as frowns,
imprisonment, and even death
10
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 11
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 2: Social Control
Different Types of Sanctions
(continued)
Formal Sanction – rewards or punishments by a
11
formal organization or regulatory agency such as
the government and includes promotions, awards,
or low grades
Informal Sanction – spontaneous expression of
approval or disapproval by an individual or group
such as a standing ovation, gifts, gossip, or
ridicule
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 12
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 3: Social Change
Objectives:
Identify and describe the main sources of
social change.
Describe the factors that lead people to resist
social change.
12
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 13
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 3: Social Change
Main Sources of Social Change
Values and Beliefs – are affected by ideology spread
13
through social movements
Technology – knowledge and tools people use to
manipulate their environment
Population – change in size of population may bring
about changes in the culture
Diffusion – the process of spreading culture traits
from one society to another
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 14
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 3: Social Change
Main Sources of Social Change
(continued)
Physical Environment – the environment may provide
conditions that encourage or discourage cultural
change
Wars and Conquest – are not common but bring about
the greatest amount of change in the least amount of
time
14
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
Slide 15
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Section 3: Social Change
Factors Leading to
Resisting Social Change
Ethnocentrism – can lead to segregation
Cultural Lag – a delay in cultural change such
as the introduction and use of computers
Vested Interests – might lead to a focus on
maintaining budgets over a focus on providing a
quality education and instruction
15
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON