Society

Society is usually just defined as a large number of people in a area. It can be organized by statuses and roles. But for everyone you have an achieved and ascribed role. Ascribed would be a role that you pretty much don't have control over. For example, your sex, race, or the family you were born into. However, for achieved, its something you chose to get. An example for this can be becoming a doctor. I believe society is made up by the type of role you fall in and the. Social structures can be said its formed by the super ordinate (has more power) role, over the subordinate (has less power) role. Through the week in class I've learned and realized, how society gave us certain roles, which weren't asked for, but have to act accordingly to the role. Having this class, opens my eyes and through traveling to school and home or just even being outside I think to myself that everything we do is an act and we're on stage performing.

Culture

Starting last week, my class was discussing culture and its relevance in society aside from culture just being where an individual is from. With culture,you have norms and values. As for values, we don;t always live up to them. However, for American values we share them as a priority. With norms, it tells you how to behave. For instance, greeting someone in the morning can be a norm. Norms and values can guide our judgement towards others.