SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Symbolic Interactionism, Consumerism, Social Forces
5 Jan 2019
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The postmodern (is not a theory) antitheory: existing theories have been unsuccessful in explaining life in contemporary societies, theories are merely constructions or narratives, focuses on consumerism, the explosion of information systems and oppression. Conclusions: sociology is the systematic study of human behavior. It came about due to the scientific, democratic, and industrial revolutions: there are four major theoretical traditions in sociology including functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and feminism. Postmodernism is a critique of many of the ideas inherent within these traditions. Active participation with this material will enable students to: Identify how we learn about our social world. Identify and apply four requisites for establishing causality: compare and contrast the differences between variables and hypotheses, ascertain when it is appropriate to use the classic experiment, survey research, and/or field research designs. We know our world by five means: personal experience, tradition, expertise (authority, religion, science.
