SOC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Suggestibility, Flash Mob, Social Movement Theory
5 Apr 2016
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Chapter 18 reading social change, collecive behaviour & social movements. Funcionalism: guided by the equilibrium theory: says a systems natural state is one of balance & harmony. (parsons theory) Conlict theory: says rich & powerful want to maintain control over society and anything that challenges the status quo will be resisted, conlict is necessary to inspire changes that will rid the world of inequality. Cyclical theory: says social change occurs in a way similar to the ways seasons change. Change does not occur in a set direcion, but lows through ime according to a series of endless cycles: piirum sorokin (theorist, ideaional culture: a society driven to seek/achieve spiritual goals, which leads to . Sensate culture: society that interprets social/physical world through senses. Crowds: unorganized group who temporarily gather for a cause. Casual crowd: a chance collecion in the same place at the same ime. Convenional crowd: collecion of people who gather for a planned event.
