SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Symbolic Interactionism
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Sociology: the systematic study of human behavior in a social context. Understand social causes are distinct from physical and emotional causes. Social causes help clarify inexplicable features of famine, marriage, and son. Sociological school of thought that stresses how human behaviour is governed by social structures that are based mainly on shared values and that contribute to social stability. According to functionalism, exclusive fashion houses in paris, Milan, new york, and london show new seasons styles. Main appeal wearing expensive, new fashions with wealthy clients who will distinguish themselves from someone less off. Social class: position people occupy in a hierarchy that is shaped by economic criteria, including wealth and income. Fashion has become more democratic, fashion is inspired by lower classes, minorities, and ethnic groups. A sociological school of thought that focuses on how large social structures, such as relations among classes, produce social stability in some circumstances and social change in others.
