SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anomie, Class Consciousness, Symbolic Interactionism
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Agency and structure: agency: refers to the idea that each of us has, to some extent, the ability to alter our socially constructed lives, structure: is the network of relatively stable opportunities and constraints influencing our individual behaviours. Conflict theory: macro level perspective, key principles, society is grounded upon inequality and competition, social values and the dominant ideology are the vehicles by which the powerful promote their own interests at the expense of the disadvantaged, marx: Symbolic interactionism: micro level of analysis, attention to: We imagine how we appear to others: 2. We imagine how others judge that appearance: 3. We reflect on this image and develop some self-feeling: this process does not end in adolescence. Symbolic interactionism/ cooley: when we internalize impressions and as a result become the kind of person, we believe others see us as, a self-fulfilling prophecy is thought to result. Self-fulfilling prophecy: a prediction, that once made, causes the outcome to occur.
