SOC 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Peer Pressure, Social Class, Human Sexual Activity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2103
• Professor: Kristen Tole

Document Summary

Residential propinquity: people marry those who live within fairly close distances to their homes, people marry other who adhere to similar cultural norms and live in segregated clusters. Exchange theory: the closer the body to ideal , the higher its exchange value , there is a cultural tendency to go far attractive people. Principle of least interest choosing the individual who will maximize his or her rewards. Individuals with similar available resources will maximize each other"s rewards. Filter theory (klimek, 1979: size of the potential pool after reduction by, propinquinty, social class, racial, ethnic, religious, age, family and peer pressure. Identity: having children gives you a second set of identities. Changing fertility patterns: macro-level factors, improved contraceptive methods, more opportunities in higher education, advances in medicine and hygiene, economic change, micro-level factor: choices about sexual frequency, contraception, and abortion, combination micro and macro: relative income (potential income).