SOCL 3601 Midterm: Exam 1 Notes
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02/18/2013 looking at how parts of society are structured and how these parts: structural functionalism: function, conflict theory: wanted to solve the issues of early industrialization (i. e. class inequality, takes a macro level view of society, conflict over power, karl marx (major proponent of socialism, eventually the exploited classes will rise up and overthrow the others (they then gain the upper hand, and it becomes a vicious cycle, competition over valuable resources, for proponents of this school of thought, the individual is unimportant. Symbolic interactionism: society is possible through the ability to coordinate and interpret b. significant symbols: micro level view of society, george h. mead, focused on the individual, significant symbols are all things that have a shared meaning (i. e. flags, language, we can"t create complex societies without language looks at behavior in terms of stimuli and response (visual/auditory/tactile)
