NSE 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Frankfurt School, Pluralistic Ignorance

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NSE 112
• Professor: Kristine Newman

Document Summary

Extends beyond description of the work, the goal is to incite social change. Challenges status quo and taken for granted assumptions. Assumptions that are made in critical social theory: a. social norms b. social discourse c. social construction d. marginalization, oppression e. power, inequity. Expected behaviours, cues and attitudes within social groups. There are norms that can be rejected, resulting in: a. failure to be included in group activities b. being shunned or isolated c. being marginalized d. being punished or constrained. Misperceptions can be related to between the viewer and the person being interpreted. Social norms and their influence on health behaviour: Is defined as the way that we develop ideas about what is considered to be normal or right or wrong . Carried out using written and spoken language (social practice) Also can be implemented with the use of media, conversations, writings, and literature. We create discourses about certain things in society. At different times and in different places, we see different dominant discourses.