SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Forces, Montesquieu, Collective Agreement
24 Dec 2015
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Social forces (shape our action, lawetc , affect our thinking) Entire people are affect = social issues ( like test might be hard for everyone and not an individual) Pg 4 (examples) more than one individual affected. =looking at patterns = quality of mind (skill of understanding, understand other lives & relationships) Peter berger- talked about moving from the particular to general (seeing the societal problem in a homeless gut than being judgmental) Not responsible for body ritual/ (looking at homeless people and finding it stranger) Homeless & beggars = looking at general, but being particular. Agency = alter your thinking of socially constructed lives (change your thinking and who you want to become) 5 basic social factors : minority status, gender, socio economic status (ses), family structure, urban rural difference. Ethnocentrism = judging others based on your knowledge (making fun of other countries when you visit them)
