Sociology

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Sociology 101 9/11-9/13

Evidence

Numbers dont lie

Lies,Damn Lies and Statistics

Comparisons

Big numbers can lie when they have no comparsions

Samples

If your poll doesnt reach everyone and only uses a small amount of people that are in an area it can t be accurate

Context

Photographic Evidence

A picture can tell a thousand lies

Confirmations Bias

Paying attention to what confirms your bias and disssmissing things that dont

Racialization of Poverty

Social Pattern: Blacks are overrepresented in stories about poverty

Visual Elements are more memorable

Most people remember pics more than the story itself

Why?

Possible Explanations:

Availability

Suitability

Question you said that the people said they werent being racist but they were being stereotypical but isnt that still being racist because they are making a decision based on

Class Difference Among Children

Sense and NonSnese

Facts vs Opinions

Facts dont speak for themselves

Facts don't have to be true they can be falsifiable

Flow chart/ Big Circle

Theories > Hypotheses > Observations > Empirical generalizations

Ex. Does the Death penalty deter crime?

Alternative Perspectives

Columbus discovered America

Columbus helped to discover a continent previously unknown to contemporary Europeans

Columbus helped launch a violent invasion of an already populated continent

Separating Sense from Nonsense

Perpetual Inquiry and Conversation

Empty cynicism

Naive gullibiliy

We need basic scientific literacy to beable to dismiss things

Recitation

Culture

shared beliefs, values

Structure

Systems of opportunities and constraints

Agency

ability to make a choice and do something yourself

The presentation of Self

Seek best response

Seek information about others

Make assumptions based on social setting

rely on assumption of persistance

Expressions

Expressions and impressions

Gives

Gives off

What the person is trying to give and what is actually given off is two different things

Interaction as performance (interaction rituals)

Moral entitlement

moral right to expect that others will value and treat her or him in an appropriatee way

Corrective Practices and Disruptions

Avoid Embarrassment

Compensate for discrediting occurrences

by saying oh that happens to me too no worries

Defensive face saving

Protective helping others maintain face

Jokes (disruptions)

Co-management of interaction often protects our selves

Conclusion

the Self does not exist outside of a society

Societies create and organize selves

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