Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 85: Community Network, Social Stratification, Social Inequality

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Huge amount of social inequality between rich families and poor families. Large social inequality seems to replicate itself cross generations. Perpetuation of inequality through social institutions (such as education/economy), social mobility counters this. People with rich parents end up wealthy themselves social reproduction: means we are reproducing social inequality across generations. Social capital is believed to result in various health benefits for the individual, including reductions in the health risk of chronic inflammation. Partly related to social support, social capital emphasize the tangible resources provided by network members (whereas social support tends to focus on emotional resources). Both social support and social capital suggest that social contracts will be teneficial to individual health and well-being. Social network - health: social network: types include: Can also expose you to cultural capital, ex. If parents exposing you to trips abroad and learning foreign languages. Or cultural items in house you know a lot about.