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What is The Sociological Perspective?

What is The Sociological Perspective?. How did Sociology get started?. From France, Germany & England August Comte (France) “ Father of Sociology ” Coined the tern “ Sociology ” Behavior more complex than natural phenomena

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What is The Sociological Perspective?

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  1. What is The Sociological Perspective?

  2. How did Sociology get started? • From France, Germany & England • August Comte (France) • “Father of Sociology” • Coined the tern “Sociology” • Behavior more complex than natural phenomena • Becomes an academic discipline in U.S. around 1900

  3. What is the Sociological Perspective? • Sociology looks at the power of society to shape your individual life. • Why are you going to college? • Who will you fall in love with? • How many children will you have? • Will you commit suicide?

  4. What is the Sociological Perspective? Peter Berger Seeing the general in the particular Durkheim’s Study of suicide Lower of social integration Eg. Wealthy, unmarried Protestant male

  5. What is the Sociological Perspective? • C. Wright Mills “The Sociological Imagination” • Personal problems become public issues • Abortion • Home foreclosure • Number of children (e.g. China)

  6. Do you remember? • Who is the father of Sociology? • Who wanted you to see • “The general in the particular”? • Who wanted you to see how personal problems become public issues?

  7. What are social theories? How do they help us? • Theory • How & why specific facts are related • Integrates data and information • Help decide what kinds of research questions to ask. • Confirmed, modified, or rejected through research

  8. What types of theories are there? • Structural Functionalism • Conflict • Symbolic interaction

  9. What is Structural Functionalism?How does it see the world? • Macro focused • Sees society as a complex system promoting solidarity and stability • Manifest functions • Recognized or intended consequences • Latent functions • Unrecognized and unintended consequences • Social dysfunction • Examples • Family • P.M. Sex • Prohibition

  10. What is Social Conflict Theory?How does it see the world? • Macro focused • Inequality = conflict • Karl Marx • Social patterns benefit some people while depriving others • Example • Workers VS owners

  11. What is Symbolic Interaction?How does it see the world? • Micro focus • Society is a product of people interacting in everyday situations • Society operates on the subjective meanings of symbols • Examples: • Stubborn VS. steadfast • Bus • Police lights & bar fight • Slides & Clothes • Cloning VS “Somatic nuclear cell transfer”

  12. Do you remember? What are the three main Sociological theories? Which two theories are macro focused? Which one looks at society as an integrated system? Which one looks at how we interpret the meanings of words and symbols?

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