[SOC100] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (59 pages long)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100
• Professor: Stephen Speake

Document Summary

Lecture 1 ! types of theories! lots of overlapping in theories ! Positivist (comte/durkheim) : formalized , durkheim- the rst to apply stats modelling to society, belief that methods of natural science can be applied to society! Interpretive (weber): understanding self and other, can only do so in a social context, but some context develop and understanding ! Feminist perspective: introduced moral component , social analysis-uses theory and research to critique social inequality , whats the morality of condemning men or women to certain natures, assumptions! Notions of gender and sex are socially created- learned socialized behaviour: result- belief that men and women should be treated as equal, feminist perspectives are diverse-, areas on agreement:! Postmodern perspective: dominating perspective , possibility for conditions of thinking, only perspective that starts as a historical period starting after wwii, transition from. ***must know theoretical perspectives for exam - assumptions and so on !