SOCL 3601 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Perfect Set, Albert Bandura, Scantron Corporation

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Looks at functions of society and what makes them function as a whole. How changes in one part of society affect other parts: conflict theory. 2 basics: economic determinism-determines basic institutions of parts of that. Society; economic system is most important because it shapes other parts. Other basic: historical materialism: commonality between systems- small groups of people can become very wealthy by making other people work. Marx said workers will band together and overthrow their oppressors and that every major change in history happened when one economic group takes over another one. *structural-functionalism and conflict theory are macro-level, meaning societies remain before and after members of it die. Says nothing in society gets done unless it"s done by individual human beings. Specific symbols have meaning and are recognized and used by society. Could be signs, flags, language(a system that helps thinking abstractly) Exchange-look at everything as what we will be rewarded with if we behave a certain way.

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