SY101 Lecture 1: chapter 1-5
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Listed the method of silence for surviving on the street. Stresses the social contexts in which people live and how these contexts influence their lives. How people are influenced by society: the group of people with whom they share a culture and territory. A way of looking at the world that allows links between the apparently private problems of the individual and important social issues. Considering ones occupation, income, education, gender, age, and ethnicity. Analyze such things as social class and patriarchy. If they were to focus on student debt, they would stress that university students come from different classes in the social system: lack of corporate culture. Examples: conflict theory, functionalism, and feminism focus on the broader picture and are emphasized. Goal is to examine and interpret the large-scale social forces that influence people"s conduct in public and private spaces and our reactions to their behaviours. Emphasis placed on social interactionism, or what people do when they come together.
