SOC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Channing Tatum, Jaywalking, Ethnocentrism
21 Feb 2017
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The tendency to judge another culture by your culture"s standards. Patterned social behaviors in society that are both created by people & shape people"s actions. Attributing our reactions, opinions, desires, & behaviors to outside societal in uences. Ben believes that poverty & homelessness are the result of poor decisions by individuals. If people just worked harder, they would do better, he tells a friend. In an effort to support her best friend who has cancer, chelley dyed her hair pink. She expected her classmates to laugh at her, but instead they applauded when she walked into class. Billy tells his roommate, joe, that jaywalking is an example of normative behavior, but. Billy because jaywalking is expected behavior on a college campus. Channing tatum cannot go out in public without being mobbed by fans for his autograph. Entities that constrain an individual"s behaviors & choices. The power of social structure & group in uence.
