PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Individualism, Human Male Sexuality, Unthinkable
11 Feb 2015
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Lecture 18: thursday march 27, 2014: discursive psychology the power of language, language not only describes, but also actively construct the world. In psychology: use language to describe the state of affairs, describing things as they are, montreal student protests, in regards to the raises in tuition costs, covered in the media. Protests (moral cause for action) vs riots (random, irresponsible form of violent action: the globe and mail. Protest, demonstration, rally: the toronto sun. Simple expression of inner reality: argue that language is performative, no disinterested accounts of events, ex feel angry. Give commands, make requests, manage social identity (performative: meanings make certain actions appear to be natural, thinkable vs unthinkable, not individual/idiosyncratic meanings, but socially shared/constructed ones. Ex what montreal students was socially classified as a riot: i love you. Doing something to them/with them asking them something. Establishing or making something clear or trying to persuade them to do or feel something.
