SOC102H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Herbert Blumer, Visible Minority, Chain Migration
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Progress : industrialization and urbanization; inventions and scientific discovery; and exposure to new and different ideas and cultures: possibility of social improvement/social "amelioration" cannot be omniscient narrators. Objective elements: measurable features of a negative social condition: cannot be mistake wrong from right (ie. sexual abuse is always wrong) Subjective elements: people"s evaluations of objective conditions: moral labels, different for each person (ie. homosexuality, emotional reactions lead to "social construction" of social problems: searching for one to blame, banding together to fight the problem. Seven value preferences life over death; health over sickness; knowing over not knowing; co-operation over conflict; freedom of movement over physical restraint; self-determination over direction by others; freedom of expression over restraint of communication. All social reality is conditional and temporary: people"s subjective view of reality shapes their behaviour. Social constructionism: research approach examining the ways people interact to create a social reality.
