SOCI 2150 Lecture : Lecture 1.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 2150
• Professor: George Pollard

Document Summary

Culture is the largest unit of analysis in sociology. Culture is not rigid; it is always changing over time. Happy over time, in a way is similar to telling secrets but is much more: private realm. Areas of group life mostly defined by social intimacy and social disclosure. Social intimacy: requires a strong perception of mutual dependency. : close emotional ties, routine, permanent contacts (parents, friends) : act of revealing information about yourself that another would not. Private realm is composed of small family, kin, close friends. Where the greatest amount of social intimacy and social disclosure occurs: sympathy group study: +/- 12-15 people whose death would greatly affect your life, this consist of people from your private realm circulation time. Infinite number of small groups (sympathy groups: parochial realm. Transitional zone (movement time, like sitting on a bus) Mixing public and private- is the in between. Some commonality between the members, some of community (you know who doesn"t belong)