SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Old Age, Erving Goffman, Hidden Curriculum

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

From grade school through college, gender-linked activities are encountered. Sometimes it"s unintended to inflict harm or be malicious. Message comes across as isolation and calling someone out. Meeting needs is difficult because we are all different. A social group whose members have interests, social position and age in common. Friends when we are younger are people who are in direct proximity of us until we get older and start to chose our level and are of involvement. We chose people who we can relate to. When our family judges our friends, we are offended because we feel personally attacked (our friends are a part of us) Peers often govern short term goals while parents influence long term plans. Anticipatory socialization: learning that helps achieve a desired position. Trying out a role before you land in that role. Canadian children watch television well before they learn to read. The average canadian watche 21 hours of tv per week.