SOCA 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Class Conflict, Jane Addams, Herbert Blumer
20 Sep 2016
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Functional analysis: is the theoretical paradigm that defines society as a system or interrelated parts: requires more than one part (hands clapping technique, macro theory (large scale/balance) Conflict theory: is a theoretical framework that views society as unequal system that brings conflict and change: a battle between two different things (fist together/ things going head to head, macro theory. Symbolic interactionism: is a theoretical framework that focuses on: how you interact with others is how you make change (clap hands, you need other people to make small changes in society, micro theory, co-create/work together. Auguste comte the father of sociology: believed we should study the social statics (existing structural elements of society) and social dynamics (the change in the structural elements of society) Herbert spencer: survival of the hittest, happens to smaller towns and thinks it"s positive for the weak towns to die off, he used social darwinism.
