SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cultural Capital, Working Poor, Social Stratification

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12 Nov 2016
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Soc101y1 - lecture 8 class, work, and the economy. Social groups, networks, organizations shaping our actions: all around & implicit such as norms, values, socialization -> groupthink, norms of solidarity, conformity, top down & explicit such as obedience to authority. Law enforcement, airport security, parents, people we elect. Told that they are going to be tested on visual perception to look at similarities and differences. They are shown a series of lines on the screen and they are asked, which of the 3 lines is most similar to the first one. There are 7 (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:374)federates(cid:863) (cid:894)people hired (cid:271)y the resear(cid:272)her(cid:895) a(cid:374)d o(cid:374)e real (cid:448)olu(cid:374)teer. Results state that three quarters of us suspend our own evaluation of what the right answer is to offer the same answer as others. People conformed for two main reasons: they want to fit in with the group, they believe the group is better informed than they are.

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