SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Capital, Deskilling, Social Stratification
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All around and implicit (norms, values, socialization) impact groupthink, norms of solidarity, conformity. Top down and explicit -> obedience to authority. An individual is recruited, told to participate in psychology experiment (other volunteers. = in on in experiment/confederates) - only one true participant. Experiment on perception and identify similarities etc. Suspend own evaluation in order to offer same answer of others. Fit in with group, disregard own judgement. Believe group = better informed than they are. Groups - process of socialization and social interaction. Groups shape sense of self, sense of belonging, sense of identity. Define ourselves by groups we (will) belong(ed) to. Recognition of sanctity of human life = prerequisite to moral action/notion. History of 20th century - exclusion of whole categories of population - classes, nations, race, religions, from universe of obligation. Others" needs, welfare, i"ll health, dreariness of daily life -> challenge and admonition to all other members of same universe of obligation.
