SOC 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Religious Education In Primary And Secondary Education, Labeling Theory, Social Change

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Sociological perspective: structural functionalism if structures do anything for society. Durkheim felt there were real social forces that made people feel it was the right thing: symbolic interactionism there"s no structure. If you were on first date, there are no rules, so you start talking, and feeling out the situation. Way of looking at things that say don"t go into a place with any pre-conceived notions of what you"re going to find" anti-theory. Culture: essential ingredient , can"t have society without culture. Anything man has made with hands or mind. How we got the sociological perspective. (link the theorist, theory and methods!) We start as babies (walk, talk, feed ourselves) learning more and more about how to function in society. Social interaction: status (position in society), role (what we"re supposed to do/say), performance (putting on an act, impress people), dramaturgical analysis (job interview)