SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Talcott Parsons, Solidarity, Scientific Revolution
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The scientific revolution: began about 1550, use of evidence to explain a phenomenon and/or theory. The democratic revolution: began about 1750, realization people organize society and solve social problems, through human interaction. Mile durkheim and functionalism: argued that hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour is i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)y (cid:862)so(cid:272)ial fa(cid:272)tors(cid:863, stated no correlations between mental disorder and suicide. Functionalist theory: focus on human behaviour governed by social structures based mainly on shared values and that contribute to social stability. Features include: (1) social structure: stable patterns, macrostructures (2) social stability: how social structures maintain or fail to maintain stability (3) shared values: (4) equilibrium: maintain equilibrium to best solve most social problems. Talcott parsons and robert merton: talcott parsons argued society is well integrated and in equilibrium, robert merton criticizes by saying social structures may have some consequences from different groups. May lead to: dysfunction that are manifest (intended and easily observed) or latent (unintentional and less obvious)
