Question

In the sociological conversations video, allison pugh discusses her work on consumer culture and socioeconomic class differences. Where their children were concerned, low-income parents tended to strive for symbolic indulgence and high-income parents tended toward symbolic deprivation. These actions are an attempt to ensure that their kids "fit in" at school – their parents were afraid of difference. The actions that a parent takes in deciding whether to provide their child with something can be understood sociologically as

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Reflecting Values

in sociology, Reflecting Values refers to act of implementing a certain belief or point of view to another individual. Most of this process happens on familial setting, where we spend the most of our time during childhood. Because of this, people on average have a very similar perspective/opinon with their parents with a little adjustment from the influences of our closest friends.

Answer 2

In the sociological conversations video, Allison Pugh discusses her work on consumer culture and socioeconomic class differences. Where their children were concerned, low-income parents tended to strive for symbolic indulgence and high-income parents tended toward symbolic deprivation. These actions are an attempt to ensure that their kids "fit in" at school – their parents were afraid of difference. The actions that a parent takes in deciding whether to provide their child with something can be understood sociologically as reflecting values.