SOC 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Single Parent, Adam Sandler, Meritocracy

• School: West Chester University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 200
• Professor: Leveille

Document Summary

Think of social structure as an upside down pyramid where the longer, bigger part is the large, important things such as the economy and the tip is the smaller, more personal thing such as family and peers. We are all playing roles and try to carry off our performances. Identify all different pieces of performance and how they continue the show. Performer (active choice about what to do) A peg on which something of a collaborative manufacture is hung. -goffman. Nuclear - group consisting of two parents and their children. Extended - more than 1 generation lives in the household. Single parent (self explanatory; one dad or one mom) Blended (think of movie blended with drew barrymore and. Example - wife dies and husband remarries to another woman who has kids as well. Gay & lesbian (self explanatory; two dads or two moms) Communal - shared raising of kids with other people (commune)