SOC 3118 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Role Theory, Youtube, Behavioural Sciences

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3118
• Professor: Jean- François Chapman

Document Summary

The line of development of the self is internally referential. Soc 3118 study guide highlights and overview readings: quiz 1. Giddens, the writer of this piece, is one of foremost theorist concerning late modernity today. From rainwater"s portrayal of what therapy is and what it does, giddens draws ten elements (these elements are also addressed in lecture 3 principles of the life course): the self is seen as a reflexive project. We are what we make of ourselves: the self forms a trajectory of development from the past to the anticipated future, the reflexivity of the self in continuous, as well as all-pervasive, self-identity presumes a narrative. Be true to yourself : the life course is seen as a series of passages. A lifestyle is a set of practices that not only fulfils utilitarian needs, but also give material form to a particular narrative of self-identity that the individual embraces. Lifestyles are routinized, but reflectively open to change.