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This 5 page report discusses how anthropologists
have invented categories of social behavior or institutions and
use them in order to study the pattern of life lived by a group
of people even if the individuals within such a group may not
necessarily be personally living what the larger group or
institution would suggest. Examples of where groups overlap and
how people fit into the social framework are presented.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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the larger group or institution would suggest. Examples of where groups overlap and how people fit into the social framework are presented. Bibliography lists 5 sources. BWinsoc.rtf
Social Institutions and Behavior -- Separate from People By: C.B. Rodgers - October 2001 -- for
more information on using this paper properly! Introduction The patterns of life that exist within the framework of society are the same patterns that govern how people live
their lives and define themselves within the context of their institutional "status." From the point of view of the anthropologist, all human beings are participants in certain institutions that have
been established in terms of their government, religion, even their mating rituals and reproduction. As a result, people live within those institutional parameters but they may not necessarily live what
that institution is. To a great degree, the idea of participation in institutional group-think is essential for explaining the human understanding of love, social organizations, social movements, consumer attitudes, political
practices and institutions, as well as the fundamental values of the Western democratic tradition. Social Beings It is important to understand that humans must be seen as social beings,
namely beings which live together with others and form various social groups. Human behavior and feeling is defined in these social circumstances which then forms what can be thought of
as the social self. A wide range of human experience, such as emotions, social actions, social institutions, mass behavior, education and learning processes, are determined by the fact that humans
are social beings. According to Bingham (1999): "The extensive, persistent ecological dominance of humans is unprecedented. We display a highly derived social adaptation involving uniquely extensive cooperation among nonclose kin.
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