A culture, though, may harbor conflicting values. For instance, the value of material success may conflict with the value of charity. Or the value of equality may conflict with the value of individualism. Such contradictions may exist due to an inconsistency between people's actions and their professed values, which explains why sociologists must carefully distinguish between what people do and what they say.Real culture refers to the values and norms that a society actually follows, while ideal culture refers to the values and norms that a society professes to believe.
Sociology
- The Sociological Perspective
- Sociological Research Methods
- Culture and Societies
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Socialization
- Piaget's Model of Cognitive Development
- Cognitive Development: Age 0–6
- Cognitive Development: Age 7–11
- Cognitive Development: Age 12–19
- Social and Personality Growth: Age 0–2
- Social and Personality Growth: Age 3–6
- “Unsocialized” Children
- Social and Personality Growth: Age 7–11
- Social and Personality Growth: Age 12–19
- Social Groups and Organizations
- Deviance, Crime, and Social Control
- Social and Global Stratification
- Race and Ethnicity
- Sex and Gender
- Economics and Politics
- Education
- Marriage, Family, Alternative Lifestyles
- Religion
- Health and Medicine
- Population and Urbanization
- Contemporary Mass Media
- Social Change and Movements
Cultural Values
- Sociology in America
- Three Major Perspectives in Sociology
- Complementary Perspectives in Sociology
- An Integrated Perspective in Sociology
- Deducing with Sociological Imagination
- Sociology and Common Sense
- The Founders of Sociology
- Scientific Method for Sociology
- Basic Sociological Research Concepts
- Sociological Research: Designs, Methods
- Ethics in Sociological Research
- Evaluating Sociological Research
- Sociology as Science
- Cultural Values
- Cultural Norms
- Cultural Diversity
- Toward a Global Culture
- Types of Societies
- Culture and Society Defined
- Culture's Roots: Biological or Societal?
- Material and Non‐Material Culture
- Symbols and Language in Human Culture
- Piaget's Model of Cognitive Development
- Cognitive Development: Age 0–6
- Cognitive Development: Age 7–11
- Cognitive Development: Age 12–19
- Social and Personality Growth: Age 0–2
- Social and Personality Growth: Age 3–6
- “Unsocialized” Children
- Social and Personality Growth: Age 7–11
- Social and Personality Growth: Age 12–19
- Organizational Models
- Pros and Cons of Bureaucracy
- Social Groups
- Social Organizations
- Defining Crime
- Crimes against People
- Crimes against Property
- The Criminal Justice System
- Theories of Deviance
- Types of Social Classes of People
- Social Mobility
- Causes and Effects of Poverty
- What Divides Us: Stratification
- Minorities
- Prejudice and Discrimination
- Native Americans
- African Americans
- Hispanic Americans
- Asian Americans
- Race and Ethnicity Defined
- Sexism in Higher Education
- Sexism in the Workplace
- Sexism in Politics
- Gender and Homosexuality
- Prevalence of Homosexuality, Bisexuality
- Definitions
- Gender Identity
- Gender Roles
- Gender Stereotypes
- Social Stratification and Gender
- Social Stratification and Homosexuality
- Modern Corporations and Multinationals
- Labor Unions
- Politics and Major Political Structure
- Politics in the United States
- Economy Defined
- Historical Overview of Economics
- Predominant Economic Systems
- Theories of Education
- Reform of Education
- Global Perspective on Education
- Current Issues in Education
- Universal Education: Growth and Function
- Relationships in Middle Adulthood
- Relationships in Older Adulthood
- Homosexual and Bisexual Relationships
- Adult Development
- Early Adulthood: Age 17–45
- Relationships in Early Adulthood
- Starting a Family in Early Adulthood
- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism
- Sociological Theories of Religion
- Types of Religious Organizations
- Social Correlates of Religion
- Introduction to Religion
- Religious Fundamentalism
- Totemism and Animism
- Medical Establishment and Professions
- Health Care: Costs and Inequality
- Managed Care as a Means of Cost Control
- Access to Health Care
- Euthanasia: The Right to Die?
- Sociological Perspective on Health
- Population and Demographic Variables
- Urbanization and Its Historical Stages
- Creating News and Culture
- Oversimplification and Stereotyping
- Violence and Pornography in the Media
- The Role and Influence of Mass Media
- Models of Social Change
- Technology and Social Change
- Environmentalism and Social Change
- Resisting Social Change
- Social Change Defined
- Social Movements
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