SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Groupthink, Methamphetamine, Recreational Drug Use
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Why do sociologists care about interacion: it relates closely about socializaion, to ignore interacion means you individualizing behavior, you are not considering how an individual"s behavior might be inluenced by their environment/ social seing. 6 degrees of interacion: everyone knows 6 people. Social network: a bounded set of individuals who are linked by the exchange of material or emoional resources. Our sense of community has changed from face to face to more online. Who are your strong ies: family and close friends. Who are your weak ies: acquaintances. Which group maters more in looking for paid work: weak ies, strength of weak ies. Our weak ies tend to be more diverse. Meth in the usa: the weakness of strong ties (breaking bad) Meth was used as a cure for minor illness in the past. In 1960s recreaional drug use exploded, including meth. Usa started puing stricter government regulaions on the ingredients.
