SOCIOL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Erving Goffman, The Communist Manifesto, Anomie
16 Jun 2018
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Sociology 101
Lecture 2
9/8/2017
Sociological Thinking and Theory
- Theory - set of statements that aim to explain problems, actions and behaviors
How is theory different than opinion?
- constructed using scientific facts
- tested by researchers and experts
- supported by data
Functionalism
- about stability
- view of society: stable, integrated well
- Functions: help keep society stay in balance
- manifest functions - open, stated, conscious functions
- latent functions - unconscious or unintended functions
- Dysfunctions: element/process that disrupts societal status
Sociology 101
Lecture 3
9/11/2017
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Sociological imagination
- recognizing links b/w personal lives and experiences and social world
Personal troubles of milieu
- issues directly affecting individual in their surroundings
- ex. 1 person not being able to pay for school
Public issues of social structure
- matters that relate to framework/patterns of society
- ex. unemployment
- student debt and college tuition increase
- natural disasters
Interactionist perspective
- View of society: humans live in world of meaningful objects
- interested in shared understandings of everyday behavior
- focus on face to face interactions and how people use symbols to create social life
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Document Summary
Theory - set of statements that aim to explain problems, actions and behaviors. How is theory different than opinion? constructed using scientific facts tested by researchers and experts supported by data. About stability view of society: stable, integrated well. Functions: help keep society stay in balance. Manifest functions - open, stated, conscious functions latent functions - unconscious or unintended functions. Sociological imagination recognizing links b/w personal lives and experiences and social world. Personal troubles of milieu issues directly affecting individual in their surroundings. 1 person not being able to pay for school. Matters that relate to framework/patterns of society. Ex. unemployment student debt and college tuition increase. View of society: humans live in world of meaningful objects interested in shared understandings of everyday behavior focus on face to face interactions and how people use symbols to create social life symbols: things we attach meanings. The presentation of self in everyday life.
