SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Positio, Nasal Congestion, Methamphetamine
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Relates to the formation of the self. Our identities and sense of self is developed based on how we interact with others: groups of two, larger groups, networks. Recognizing that behaviour will be shaped by the context: bureaucracies. Textbook talks about holocaust and makes point that its not about individual evil personalities but about how being amongst a specific type of group really affects our behaviour. Role of authority really affects our personality: theory of 6 degrees of separation. Everyone in the world is connected by 6 steps or fewer. About the social network that we are immersed. Social network (cid:862)a (cid:271)ou(cid:374)ded set of i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals (cid:449)ho a(cid:396)e li(cid:374)ked (cid:271)(cid:455) the e(cid:454)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge of (cid:373)ate(cid:396)ial o(cid:396) e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al (cid:396)esou(cid:396)(cid:272)es. (cid:863) Sociologists that look at this do a network analysis: network analysis used to look at particular neighborhoods and the interactions between them, now networks exist beyond geographical space.
