SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Manifest And Latent Functions And Dysfunctions, Class Consciousness, Unintended Consequences
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What is a theory: statements about how or why particular facts about the social world are related, way of viewing the social world. There could be another explanation such as age. If the economy stops working, the rest of society is in trouble. Because of social structure, shared values: functionalist belief: everything in society has a purpose, purpose of police: If you want police, you need to have crime (functionalist belief) Police draw the line between right and wrong. Concepts: structure: stable pattern of social behaviour, function: consequence of a social pattern for the operation of society, manifest function: intended consequence of a social pattern, poli(cid:272)e(cid:859)s (cid:373)a(cid:374)ifest fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tion social order. Latent function: unintended consequence of a social pattern: poli(cid:272)e(cid:859)s late(cid:374)t fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) idea of authority and people have to learn how to deal with them, dysfunction: social pattern that disrupts the operation of society. Latent: social relationships, teamwork, jobs, competition, pride, solidarity.
