SOC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Socioeconomic Status
18 Oct 2016
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SOC103 – Notes Class1
Ideology
The natural and spontaneous interpretation we form of social events
Tends to be:
o Uncritical – assumes that how things appear to us is how they actually
are
o Egocentric – unconsciously perceives thing in terms of how they
relate to ourselves
o Essentializing - assumes that recurring phenomena express a
timeless, universal nature
Critique of Ideology
Critical – questions how appearances can be misleading
Non-egocentric – investigates how things work on their own terms
Relational – explains events in terms of relationships and processes
We decide through our own choices and actions what will happen to us in
our lives
o If you believe that you are fully in control of your life and something
negative happens when in reality it was not your fault, you will blame
yourself and vice-versa
o Establish a hierarchy in your mind
He’s rich so he must’ve done something to deserve that vice-
versa
What is Society?
Meanings
o Makes up our lives
o Interpretations which we attach to our experiences in our minds
o How we think about something
o Associations we form between experiences
o Are social in the way they are shared and are formed from shared
elements.
Practices
o Things people actually do
o Meaningful, but have a material component
o Social in that we learn them through social interactions
o Non-meaningful component as well
E.g. learning how to throw a ball
Social Relations
o Actual or potential processes of interaction among two or more
people
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Document Summary
Class1 are relate to ourselves: essentializing - assumes that recurring phenomena express a. The natural and spontaneous interpretation we form of social events. Tends to be: uncritical assumes that how things appear to us is how they actually, egocentric unconsciously perceives thing in terms of how they. Critical questions how appearances can be misleading. Non-egocentric investigates how things work on their own terms. Relational explains events in terms of relationships and processes timeless, universal nature. He"s rich so he must"ve done something to deserve that vice- versa. Practices: things people actually do, meaningful, but have a material component, social in that we learn them through social interactions, non-meaningful component as well. E. g. learning how to throw a ball. Social relations: actual or potential processes of interaction among two or more people. Class1: gender norms, how far we piss from someone at a urinal. Social status: gender as a status, sex as a status. Social class: socioeconomic status vs. social class.
