COUN 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Socioeconomic Status, Family Values, Market Economy

• School: Auburn University
• Department: Counselor Ed, Counseling P
• Course: COUN 1000
• Professor: Kelly Mautz

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Defining diversity: variety, difference, dissimilarity, multiformity, the term, diversity, is too broad from a social science perspective. Categories of diversity: race/ethnicity, national origin, where you were born, sex & gender, physical ability (disability, cognitive/intellectual ability, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, size/weight, religion, **intersectionality/intersecting identities (the intersection of two or more categories. What is culture: sum total of ways of living of a group large enough to be self-sustaining and transmitted over the course of generations, behavioral norms linguistic expression, styles of communication, patterns of thinking, beliefs, values. Mother: there is disagreement on the appropriate behavior associated with a particular status, good mothers: working mothers v. stay-home mothers. Master status: a status that has a profou(cid:374)d effe(cid:272)t o(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s life, that do(cid:373)i(cid:374)ates or overwhelms the other statuses one occupies. Psychological perspective thoughts create feelings feelings create behavior: behavior reinforces thoughts, a cycle. Politics and political labels: politics: collective actions that tend to support, influence, or change social policy or social structures.