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Alfred Schutz concept of stocks of knowledge is what is obtained by biographical and subjective experiences and stored as recipes for easy access in order to use proper typifications in different social situations in everyday life. These daily experiences are the basis for "rules for interpreting interactions, social relationships, organizations, institutions, and the physical world" (Appelrouth & Edles, 2010, p. 265). These stocks of knowledge allow us to act automatically to everyday interactions.
People are able to quickly understand their role, environment, and social situation and determine how they should act and respond based off of their understood sustained meaning. Schutz said that people live in their own lifeworld made up of meaningful objects and relations that are taken-for-granted but are varied by individual prejudices and interpretations (Appelrouth & Edles, 2010, p. 264).
My own stock of knowledge pertaining to marriage in modern American society comes from my personal experiences with or understanding of the relationships of my parents, my parent's parents, friend's, friend's parents, my husband's parents, my husband's siblings, and most importantly my own marriage.
I have I obtained this knowledge by observing, asking questions, living through, or subsequently being around these relationships. I have also observed those relationships of celebrities, politicians, or other persons in the lime light, as well as, fictional marriages from books, movies, and television programs as they depict their own version of marriage. I use this stock of knowledge to navigate and support my marriage to the best of my ability.
Every day I knowingly and sometimes unknowingly compare what my husband or I am doing right or wrong to what I believe to be right and wrong in the many aspects of marriage from finances, communication, religion, discipline of children, running the household, and so on. I continually use what I have accumulated as meaningful to my marriage and apply it accordingly, which most often comes from those real personal relationships that have been long lasting, and therefore hold more meaning in the area of marriage.
Reference
Appelrouth, S., & Edles, L. D. (2010). Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era: Text and Readings. (2nd Ed). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.