SOCIOL 3A03 Lecture : Textbook Theoretical Orientations.docx

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 3A03
• Professor: Lina Samuel

Document Summary

There are 2 basic things order and action, structure and agency. Based on order what accounts for explai the predictibility that leads us to expr life as a routine and how can we explain this routine in our lives. Action factors that motivate indiv or groups and how that explain social behaviour. The first question, that of order, asks what accounts for the patterns and/or predictability of behavior that lead us to experience social life as routine. Turning to the question of action, we again find two answers labeled here as nonrational (values and moral traditions) and rational (benefit versus cost). The rationalist contends that individual and group actions are motivated primarily by the attempt to maximize rewards while minimizing costs.