SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hidden Curriculum, Cultural Capital, Symbolic Culture
2 Mar 2018
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Although we say that appearances don"t matter, our actions indicate something quiet to the contrary. Cultural inconsistency: a situation in which actual behaviours contradict cultural goals; an imbalance between ideal and real culture. Attractive individuals are better liked and more valued by others than individuals considered unattractive. In the workplace, attractive people are more likely to be hired and promoted than their unattractive competitors, even when an experienced personnel officer is responsible for the hiring. In courts of law, physically attractive defendants receive more lenient sentences than unattractive defendants. Within the political arena, attractive candidates regularly garner more votes than unattractive candidates. The link between physical attractiveness and being liked and rewarded exists at all stages of the life cycle, including infancy and childhood. Self-fulfilling prophecy: a phenomenon whereby that, which we believe to be true, in some sense, becomes true for us. ^ some researchers feel that our perceptions of attractive people and their lifestyles may create this.
