SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Consumerism, Social Inequality, Highgate Cemetery
16 Dec 2015
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From the ancient greek theorein- to see . A conceptual overview of the way something works. A set of logically interrelated statements that attempts to describe, explain, and (occasionally) predict social events. Social theorizing: the task of weaving isolation observations or facts into an understanding of human society and behaviour. An overall approach or viewpoint toward a subject; a basic imagine of society that guides thinking and research. Each perspective directs out attention to: what to study, what question(s) to ask, how we should ask them. Each perspective interprets reality and explains data in a different way. Major classical paradigms or perspectives in sociology: functionalist perspective, con ict perspective, symbolic interactionist perspective, feminist perspective. Our lives are guided by social structures (stable patterns of social behaviour) What behaviour we are supposed to show in society (social structure) A system made up of interrelated parts, each of which performs one or several important social functions or meets vital social needs.
