SOC388H1 Lecture Notes - Catastrophism, Golden Retriever, Eleanor Rosch
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Eclipsing: banishment, physical seclution, shunning, impressionism, shadowing, rhetorical, prescriptive. The book is about people"s ability when bad things happen to them. A lot of different data, interview, observation, media, library material, collections, reports people are better prepared for good things than bad things that happen to them. Paintings from heaven are more detailed then ones from hell. We have best things but not worst things, such as best caf , best restaurant, etc. What is your goal: lottery winning, be healthy, have a fulfilling career. What is the worst thing that can happen to you: not having myself or family to be sick, dying from a sudden cause or accidents. When she asked her students what the best thing that can happen to them, they were very specific. They said win a lottery of million dollars , fall in love with this person . But when they were asked negative things, it was very vague.
