All of a sudden I saw sociology when I was watching "Desperate Housewives." Gaby and Carlos found out Juanita wasn't really their daughter and that the hospital mixed up the kids. The parents agreed to be family friends to get to really know their daughters without telling them. Grace (Gaby's real daughter) was not part of a material culture. Her mother always told her to appreciate what she had but she wanted Gaby's Chanel purse so bad. She wanted to live a materialistic life style like Gaby.
Another time I noticed sociology was when I went to my cousins birthday party. I thought of cultural universals because for my culture every one was there. Cousins I haven't seen in five years were there. But going to my friends family birthday, it was only her immediate family. I didn't undertand why they don't have big family parties all the time like Italians do.
The Desperate Housewives episode sounds like a perfect example of how nurture shapes your personality....and maybe a bit of nature as well if Gaby's daughter turned out to be materialistic just like her even if she was raised by someone else. Also makes you think of agents of socialization....who socialized these girls.....
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