SOC388H1 Lecture Notes - Golden Retriever, World War I, Abscissa And Ordinate
Document Summary
Book is about people"s inability to prepare for bad things that will happen to them. Found many more painting of heaven then hell during certain periods of time. Paintings from heaven are often more detailed than paintings of hell. Many more positive things then negative in society focused on. More best of list then worst of lists. Proff asks the class whets the best and worst that can happen to you. Not just winning the lottery but winning lotto 6/49 for 25 million on my birthday for example. People have a tendency to focus on positive things rather than negative. People in the u. s especially have problems conceiving the worst. Because of certain routines which keep reinforcing this tendency to focus on the best and not look at the worst. Cerulo looks at settings were the worst is systematically hidden from view and looks at practices which hide the worse in plain sight / minimized/ denied e. g. of military discharge.
