SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Escalator, Solidarity, Social Dynamics

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Early 1960s to 1981 (born in the shadows of the baby boomers) First to be influenced by the internet. Had mcjobs low-paying, low dignity, low prestige jobs in the service sector. Children their parents (gen x) chose to have (birth control) Found generation most watched over generation small, close families, helicopter parenting. Rely on adult direction, assurance, confirmation self entitled. Culture stresses instant rewards rather than patience. Growing up fast/exhibiting behavior beyond their years. Today"s students and professors need to recognize that the established means of instruction need to be adjusted with the digital age. Embrace all the potential of digital information represents greatest promise of a knowledge-based society. The natural attitude refers to the world of everyday life as lived an experienced through common sense" how we normally, automatically, unreflectively, see ourselves through our own personal and individual perspectives.