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    Levels of Sociological Analysis Macrosociology - places the focus on broad features of society. Conflict theory and functionalists use macrosociology. The goal is to examine large scale social forces that influence people. Microsociology - the emphasis is placed on social interaction. The Macrosociological Perspective The Macrosociological Perspective Social structure - the framework of society that was already laid out before you were born. Social structure guides our behavior. People learn certain

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    MODULE 1 STUDY GUIDE: BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FOR EXAM 1. YOU SHOULD HAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION (DEFINITIONS‚ NUMBERS‚ EXAMPLES‚ ETC.) FROM THE TEXTBOOK READINGS‚ TO JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS. AS YOU READ THE CHAPTERS‚ TAKE NOTES THAT HELP YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. YOU CAN THEN USE THOSE NOTES TO HELP WHEN YOU ARE TAKING THE ACTUAL EXAM. What is ageism? Describe its origins‚ its expressions‚ and its impact on older people. Compare and contrast the normative‚ the interpretive

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    Using the material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the view that working class children under-achieve because they are culturally deprived (20 marks). Cultural deprivation is the absence of expected and acceptable cultural phenomena in the environment which results in the failure of the individual to communicate and respond in the most appropriate manner within the context of society. There are three main factors that influence the cultural deprivation theory‚ IQ‚ language (elaborated speech

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    Introduction Fordism is "to standardize a product and manufacture it by mass means at a price so low that the common man can afford to buy it.“ Kennet The production pattern developed by Henry Ford in the United States Set up large factories equipped with assembly lines Combined the organizational innovations of Taylorism‚ namely the associated task fragmentation and simplification‚ with the introduction of special or single-purpose machine tools which made standardized and therefore interchangeable

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    EVALUATE SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR DIFFERING LIFE CHANCES This assignment is going to explore an evaluation of various sociological explanations of life chances including health. This will be done by defining life chances and link them with the relevant theories such as the conflict‚ consensus‚ and social action theory. Life chances can be defined as the opportunities that arise in life that will determine the significant outcome of an individual’s life. Factors such as education‚ wealth‚ social

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    Culture Culture can be defined as the language‚ beliefs‚ values‚ norms‚ behaviors‚ and even material objects that are passed from one generation to the next. (36) When you first look at someone you can see what culture they are from. Material culture is the things of culture such as jewelry‚ art‚ buildings‚ weapons‚ machines‚ hairstyles‚ and clothing. (36) Material culture is looking at the physical things about the culture. When people are judging other cultures it is usually by the physical

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    Invitation to Sociology Peter L. Berger (1963‚ pp. 23–24) [2] noted in his classic book Invitation to Sociology‚ “The first wisdom of sociology is this—things are not what they seem.” Social reality‚ he said‚ has “many layers of meaning‚” and a goal of sociology is to help us discover these multiple meanings. He continued‚ “People who like to avoid shocking discoveries…should stay away from sociology.” As Berger was emphasizing‚ sociology helps us see through conventional understandings of how

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    culture of that period. -The work of such classical sociological theorists as Auguste Comte‚ Karl Marx‚ Herbert Spencer‚ Emile Durkheim‚ Max Weber‚ Georg Simmel was important in its time and played a central role in the subsequent development of sociology. They have become classics because they have a wide range of application and deal with centrally important social issues. Theory Theory is an explanation or model which is based on observation‚ experimentation‚ and reasoning‚ especially one that

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    Rural sociology- 1205 Introduction Definition…… The nomenclature ‘Rural Sociology’ indicates that it is the scientific study of Rural Society. Broadly speaking‚ it deals with the systematic study of Rural Society‚ its institutions‚ activities interactions‚ social change etc. It not only deals with the social relationship of man in rural environment but also takes urban surroundings into considerations for a comparative study. So Rural Sociology primarily deals with the description and analysis

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    The Birth Of Sociology The term sociology was coined by French philosopher Auguste Comte in 1838‚ who for this reason is known as the “Father of Sociology.” Comte felt that science could be used to study the social world. Just as there are testable facts regarding gravity and other natural laws‚ Comte thought that scientific analyses could also discover the laws governing our social lives. It was in this context that Comte introduced the concept of positivism to sociology—a way to understand the

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