SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Content Analysis, Falsifiability, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Wilmoth

Document Summary

Soc 101 - week 2 - sociological theory and methods; human rights. Born in the mid-late 19th century and rose up around question of social order. Social order - the organization of society and the societal arrangements and rules that enable societies to develop and advance in a peaceful and efficient manner. Question of social order - humans are largely self-interested and need guidance. Three basic sociological theories answer question of social order uniquely. We need social order because of social structure. Social structures are man made organizations and/or rules that guide and bind us. Emile durkheim (know him for the exam), talcott parsons, robert k merton. These guys wrote the structural functionalist theory. In this theory, social order is viewed as a force for development and competitive advantage. Most societies in the world are well-developed with high levels of social order. Written by: karl marx and c. wright mills. Developed alongside structural functionalist theory and differs from.