SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Thoracic Vertebrae, Homophily, Exogamy

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC101
• Professor: Janice Aurini

Document Summary

Opposites attract or birds of a feather flock together. Attitudes vary by generation: boomers (wave 1 and 2. Exposed and accepting of diversity, cultures: gen z. Growing up in highly sophisticated media and computer environment. Cultural references points: love and friendship random and unpredictable, (cid:862)opposites attra(cid:272)t(cid:863) People/groups are more likely to have a connection, friendship, or association if they have common characteristics: ascribed characteristics, achieved characteristics. More common endogamy: form of segregation. Marriage within a specific tribe or unit. Historically used to maintain health and culture within cultural groups: exogamy. The practice of mating or connecting to people outside your group. Sociology: aurini jaurini@uwaterloo. ca, traditio(cid:374)al for(cid:373) of (cid:862)ho(cid:373)oga(cid:373)y(cid:863, not based on love. Modern form of (cid:862)ho(cid:373)oga(cid:373)y(cid:863: birds of a feather . Increasing levels of mating and marriage homogeneity by education: (cid:862)i(cid:374)ter-(cid:373)arriage(cid:863) o(cid:374) de(cid:272)li(cid:374)e. (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) those (cid:449)ith u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersity a(cid:374)d (cid:862)so(cid:373)e u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersity(cid:863) those (cid:449)ith lo(cid:449) le(cid:448)els (cid:862)(cid:373)arryi(cid:374)g up(cid:863) less so. (cid:862)dou(cid:271)li(cid:374)g(cid:863) ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)tage: reproduction of advantages/disadvantages, compounds over time.