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Soc. 100 Lecture 04.Models

Edited 3/31/01. Soc. 100 Lecture 04.Models. 1. a. General points on models Examples of models The Trees different perspectives Medicine- different perspectives Chickens crossing the road (a joke!) What knowledge of a model tells us

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Soc. 100 Lecture 04.Models

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  1. Edited 3/31/01 Soc. 100 Lecture 04.Models 1

  2. a. General points on models Examples of models The Trees different perspectives Medicine- different perspectives Chickens crossing the road (a joke!) What knowledge of a model tells us b. A possible history of models of social behavior* c. PUSH-PULL continuum of models* d. PUSH model of social behavior (outline "Push Model")* Some non-scientific examples Biological Evolution --outline * Explanatory models-lecture 2

  3. History of Models explaining Human Behavior Epistemology -folknowledge* -logic -scientific 3

  4. "absence makes the heart grow fonder" but "out of sight out of mind" "Birds of a feather flock together" but "opposites attract" "Look before you leap" but "he who hesitates is lost" or "think long you think wrong" "Quite waters run deep" but " where there is smoke theirs fire" "the pen is mightier than the sword" but "speak softly and carry a big stick" "What goes around comes around" and "history repeats itself" but "opportunity only strikes once?" so "Strike while the iron is hot" IMPORTANCE - we culturally accept these as “common sense. *** They win arguments*** Folknowledge 4 C-F93

  5. Push-Pull Continuum a The PUSH-PULL continuum of modelsb. The PUSH model of social behavior Some non-scientific examples*Biological Evolution --Outline "Push Model"* Mixed Wishy Washy Psychology Pull "nurture" Sociology Push "nature" Sociobiology 5

  6. How would each model explain the following • Approximate: • 1/3 of Americans are grossly overweight • 1/3 are overweight • 1/3 are an acceptable healthy weight

  7. A ground squirrel, climate change, birds of prey and time BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION MODEL: Basics non hoarding soft coated meadow dweller diurnal dark color nomadic 1st 2nd hoarding 3rd rough 4th burrows . nocturnal . tan color . territorial Nth generation Gradualism! TYPES OF EVOLUTION directional, stabilizing, disruptive 6

  8. Discussion Groups (1) Stratification and social patters in "The Human Zoo" (2) Stratification and social life in Bakersfield--a possible observation Shopping--which variables or related Give specifics of the stratification variables X to shopping in examples from your shopping observations •who shops where (Walmart, Gottshalks…) •how do their status and actions differ 7

  9. Next --Freud 8

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