Social Construction of Reality?

well let me offer this though it may not meet your needs. a social construction of reality might be applied with the concept of relative deprivation. Lets say that poverty was once defined as not having running water in the house but today poverty might be described as not having cable t.v in the house. In this case poverty is being redefined by the social construction of "wants" exceeding a prior definition of "wants"

Yes I agree. As humans we view the world a certain way, some differently than others, and this perspective on what is "cool" or "accepted" can create longings or wants for certain things. For instance, if girls in a school start popularizing mini-skirts, other girls will have the desire to obtain a skirt because of the way they view the culture. They want to be "cool". Another way to look at it is that in society we create views on the world and in one classification we compare everything socially, clothes, mind-set, language, intelligence. We, looking to fit in, want to have accepted traits and mannerisms in these categories in order to fit in with the rest of reality. Basically it is going along with prominent values in today's society, simply wanting to fit in, wanting what is commonly considered the best (or standard).

Don't take me the wrong way, these are just my beliefs on what the question possed means.

It can also work as an opposition toward negetives (perhaps I was to specific).

WOW
Thank you soo much guys, I understand it now!
The examples given were great and they all really helped me.
I guess you all we'll see me around here pretty often

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