CCR199H1 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Reference Group, Vietnam War, Canada
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In discussing the relationship between the french explorers and the native people in the. Originally, the land belonged to the natives, so they consider the french as the. However, the french saw the natives dressing oddly and behaving differently from themselves, and considered the natives as the other. This is a back and forth thing until one group gains higher power over the other. The reference group determines norms: ways of dressing, social customs such as behavior when you first meet someone, who you can embrace and who you cannot embrace, etc. The big reference groups are supported by laws, conventions, etc. They make the rules, such penalties for plagiarism. Make decisions that are arbitrary, such as 50% being the passing grade. They become others because traits were attributed to them and decisions were made as to what these others" can do and cannot do.
