E39: Overcoming Social Construct Confusion

The Psychologym Podcast

The term "social construct" has been flying around like wildfire this past year. Conscious Citizen Kelly Byrne and Mental Health Professional Kristen McAdams discuss some basic ideas around social constructionism with race, addiction, and body positivity. Threshold (12 mins in) Becoming the status quo Empowering the youth Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t. Who we were in Quarantine. Do you need the label of “addict” to stop using a substance? Recap (42:30 mins in) The FRIENDS Reunion and why we love Matthew Perry. Approach (52:25) definitions of social constructs Road back (1:08:40) we are constantly changing and conversations are hard. Differentiating feeling from thinking. Research: Gamson, W. A., Croteau, D., Hoynes, W., & Sasson, T. (1992). Media images and the social construction of reality. Annual review of sociology, 18(1), 373-393. Greer, C., & Jewkes, Y. (2005). Extremes of otherness: Media images of social exclusion. Social Justice, 32(1 (99), 20-31. https://medium.com/the-science-of-human/how-the-brain-invents-race-2c96b2947f3a https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2010-07/mental-illness-social-construct https://www.anpud.org/the-social-construct-of-drug-use/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/social-construction-naturalistic/ https://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2014/04/alcohol-and-the-social-construction-of-social-problems.html#:~:text=A%20social%20construction%20is%20a,issue%20that%20is%20created%20collectively.&text=So%20yes%2C%20alcohol%20causes%20lots,about%20the%20effects%20of%20alcohol. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/psychologym/support