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Understanding Social Institutions: Shaping Behavior and Meeting Needs

Explore the roles and functions of social institutions in society, including norms, values, and statuses, through a functionalist and conflict perspective. Identify and analyze various social institutions in detail.

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Understanding Social Institutions: Shaping Behavior and Meeting Needs

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  1. Social Institutions

  2. Social Institutions: usual ways that a society meets its basic needsSocial Institutions shape behavior and color thoughts. Social Institutions set the context for behavior.

  3. Social Institutions satisfy a basic need, has unique groups, statuses, values and norms.

  4. Values: the standards by which people define what is desirable/undesirable, good/bad, beautiful/uglyNorms: what is expected of people, the rules intended to guide peoples behavior

  5. What is a status?Ascribed: a social position that is assigned without regard for special talentAchieved: a social position that is within your power to change.

  6. What are your statuses?Write them in your notebook.

  7. From a FUNCTIONALIST perspective, why does the social institution of education exist?From a CONFLICT perspective, why does the institution of education exist?

  8. In groups of 3 you will:1. List all the social institutions you can think of (at least 7)2. For each define: Basic needsGroups/OrganizationsStatusesValuesNorms

  9. Example:Institution: FamilyBasic needs: reproduce, socialize childrenOrganizations: Relatives, in-lawsStatuses: Daughter, son, mother, etc.Values: Fidelity, providing for family, respectNorms: Fidelity, do not have children if you are not ready

  10. Institution:Basic needs:Organizations:Statuses:Values:Norms:

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