SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Body Image, Mccarthyism, The Sociological Imagination
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Soci 100 lecture 6 - sticks and stones. *first paper on mills is due on october 15th. Each group has a fairly particular way of life. Some of them really emphasize subcultures by taking on policing boundary roles. First, humans lump and split; then, we rank these categories; and finally, we emphasize the differences on which we based these categories (emphasize their significance) These categories are social constructions , and exist in people"s minds. And for lots of people, membership to a group means a lot. Prof guppy had a below average gpa in college until he starting spending time with a girl he liked (let"s call her x). Their first date was in the 5th floor of a library, studying, because x had a great work ethic. X had this profound influence on prof guppy and he cultivated a new habit that caused his grades to go up. Ubc sent prof guppy to south korea on a work trip.
