SOC 1 Study Guide - Final Guide: George Herbert Mead, Social Reality, Verstehen

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12 Dec 2017
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A way of classifying and grouping various theories and theorists (a group of patterns but not existing individually) Definition: views society as a system of interrelated structure/parts that function/operate together (biological organisms or machines) to promote solidarity and stability. Definition: sees conflict as inherent in society - stemming from unequal distribution of power and/or resources. Each aspect of society: interdependent, serves a function and contributes to society"s functioning as a whole. Result: society functions in a self-sustaining way--> equilibrium. Self-maintaining/re gulating, or inherent can drive to return to equilibrium. Definition: focuses on meaning-making, or how we interpret or make sense of things in the social world (physical objects, people, actions, events, concepts, or ideas) Concerns: meaning are given to things depending on social context and who is interpreting the meaning, and are not inherent in the thing itself. Boundaries: organized in a special way and should be maintain in that way)