SOCI 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Proprioception, Anosmia
20 Apr 2014
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Occurs anytime there are 2+ co-presents occupying the same time and space. Lapses or ends when then 2nd person leaves. Situations are often cyclical (work, class, etc. ) All who enter are part of the situation. Intentional physical and verbal acts are not necessary to become a part of the situation. On-lookers and passerby are co-presents as well. Initial activity expectations: a sense of what the situation is. It tests what we think the situation is. Sensuous data tests assumptions (from the senses) If you can"t use your naked senses, then you cannot decide what kind of situation it is. Classic senses: touch, smell, taste, sight, audition. And pain, proprioception (the messages that come from the joints), kinesthesia, vestibulation (balance) Organic sensitivity limits: anopia (vision), prebyacusis (inability to hear), anoesia (being an idiot), haptephobia (fear of being touched), anosmia (inability to smell) Social and cultural influences on naked senses: value emphasis, norms, roles, status, age, gender, ethnicity, religion.
