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Elaine confronts Gail for it, but later has no choice but to give them to Gail as payment for helping Jerry and George coordinate an unrelated scheme with an NBC executive. The issue culminates in Elaine's eventual admission that she actually enjoys the fact that other people notice her shoes and talk about them with envy. When Jerry asks her to give Gail the shoes, Elaine responds, "No, but these were the only really cool ones like this! Don't you see how everybody likes 'em and how everybody talks about 'em?" That issue comes up again in another episode (the Scofflaw") when an ex- boyfriend (Jake) of Elaine's refuses to tell Kramer where he bought the frames for his glasses. Kramer admires them and asks, "... where did you get those eyeglass frames?"
Jake responds, "I can't tell you that." When Kramer then asks, "So you don't know where you got 'em?" Jake responds, "Yes I do. But I don't want anyone else to have them."
Social Conflict Theory in Seinfeld: Social conflict is a sociological theory according to which people and social groups within society occupy different relative social positions (or classes) within the community, based on their wealth or accumulation...
That concept is illustrated best by the series episode "The Airport." Elaine and Jerry share an airplane where Jerry is seated in first class while Elaine flies in coach. Whereas Jerry is treated to every conceivable amenity and overly indulged by flight attendants in the first class section, Elaine suffers in comparative discomfort and without a meal in coach. In contrast to the politeness and doting attention Jerry receives in first class, Elaine is treated rudely as a second class citizen.
Eventually she sneaks her way onto the first class section but is immediately discovered and ejected back to her original seat. She reacts with a social commentary directly on the issue of social conflict theory, "OK, fine. I'll go back... You know, our goal should be a society Without Classes!" REFERENCES
Gerrig, R.J., Zimbardo, R.G. (2005)
Psychology and Life 18th Ed.
New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Henslin, J.M. (2002) Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach. Boston: Allyn and Bacon Macionis, J.J. (2003) Sociology 9th Ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. http://www.seinology.com
REFERENCES
Gerrig, R.J., Zimbardo, R.G. (2005)
Psychology and Life 18th Ed.
New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Henslin, J.M. (2002) Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach. Boston: Allyn and Bacon Macionis, J.J. (2003) Sociology 9th Ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. http://www.seinology.com
This is not hubris or the idea that the author of this response is any "better" than that of Giddens. However, sociology texts and summaries seem to leave out the idea that some actions, thought patterns and mindsets that are cultural and/or societal in nature make little to no logical or basic sense in the grand scheme of things. However, perhaps a covering of that dynamic would be too
What ethical dilemmas do sociologists face? One dilemma that Sociologists deal with is competence. Many of them do strive to uphold the highest levels of capability in their work. A lot of them try to recognize the limits of their knowledge; and they assume merely those responsibilities for which they are competent by training, education, or knowledge. Sociologists recognize the necessity for continuing education so as to remain professionally competent; and
Sociological Theory Sociology as a field of study entails examining and understanding the behavior of human groups and associated social behavior. In understanding these aspects, the sociologists have, their focus primarily concentrated on the human interactions. These human interactions revolve around how the different social relations influence the behavior and attitudes of the people and how the societies originate, form and change. Human interactions are vast, and so is the field
Sociological Imagination Human life is, by definition, fraught with difficulty and challenge. Often, whatever difficulty an individual experiences feels so dire and unique that it is impossible to imagine that others could experience the same, or indeed, that it could be part of a wider sociological issue. Nevertheless, it is possible, with the "sociological imagination" (Mills, 1959) to create a more contextualized or collective vision of suffering and other social phenomena. Using
Step Outside Your World Analysis “Okay, this should be a piece of cake,” I thought to myself after reading the guidelines for this assignment. After all, my friend’s wife still had the manual wheelchair she used when she broke her ankle last year and it was just sitting there holding dirty laundry and books and she readily agreed to lend it to me for this project. This initial assessment, however, quickly
Family Theoretical Perspective The family is a social institution that has attracted a lot of research. There are many things that revolve around this institution and hence the reason why it attracts a lot of attention and consequent research. The topic of this paper is family and the chosen article is, "Beyond the nuclear family: The increasing importance of multigenerational bonds." The structures of family forms vary just as their definitions. There