SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Symbolic Interactionism, Conflict Theories, Structural Functionalism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Dr. Lina Samuel

Document Summary

How society is constructed based on conflicts between certain groups of people. Conservatives believed that society is not the product of individuals, rather an entity in itself. Social world is a dynamic system of interrelated and interdependent parts. Social structures exist to help ppl fulfill their wants/desires. Human society is like an organism --> when it fails to work together the. Society must meet the needs of the majority. Social facts: conditions/circumstances that determine ones course of action. Anomie: social normlessness that results from lack of clear goals, creates confusion. Rooted in everyone doing the same thing (village of all farmers) Sense of cohesion, all from the same group. Organic solidarity: later societies organized around interdependence and increasing division of labour. Ex. go to store to buy bread made by baker, instead of making your own. Depending on others to survive as a society. Natural science and social science go hand in hand.