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touched by, others. Anthropological research findings show that the use of personal space varies form culture to culture; four d ...

Touching: Each society has rules about touching in social interaction. Frequency of touching and the meaning people attach to i ...

Ethno-methodology: literally means the study of people’s methods. Ethno-methodologists study how people make sense of life. Eth ...

definitions we learn from our cultures form the basis of not only what we do, but also what we perceive, feel or think. 4.4. Soc ...

society. A society is functionally integrated and held together by social institutions. Social institutions are universal. They ...

Polity and law: Those that are concerned with social control with politics and law government, the police, court, etc; Religiou ...

1. The Family The family is the most important social unit in any society. It is the building block of any society. The family f ...

Economic Institution Every society needs to make effective use of the scarce resources. Goods and services have to be produced ...

appropriately. They also provide a sense of social solidarity among members of society. Political Institution (Government and L ...

being good citizens and workers, holding various occupations. Before ending this section it is important to note that although t ...

Box 4.1. Major social institutions with primary functions The family: procreation and socialization of children Economic institu ...

attempts to ensure conformity of its members to its norms. Those members of a society or a group who abide by the rules and norm ...

4.5.2. Types of Social Control There are two major types of social control mechanisms. These are: negative and positive social c ...

Positive Social Control: These mechanisms involve rewarding and encouraging those who abide by the norms. It involves rewarding ...

The social organizational life of people may be explained in terms of social groups, aggregates, categories, etc. The organic li ...

Social institutions may be defined as practices based on similar principles that display some degree of regularity. More specifi ...

Review Questions Explain the term social organization using you own words What is social relationship? Explain the following st ...

Differentiate between intra-social and inter-social role conflicts. Explain cases of, if any, inter-social role and intra-socia ...

CHAPTER FIVE SOCIAL PROCESSES Learning Objectives Having completed this chapter, the students will be able to: Understand the m ...

5.1. The Concept of Social Processes As members of a society or different societies interact with each other, different social p ...