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    (a )Sociological concepts and theory: You must know what the terms mean Social order Social change Conflict Consensus Social structure Social action The role of values Relationship between sociology and social policy (b ) Methods of sociological enquiry. You must understand the range of methods and

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    Living spiritually and living happy My interviewee is a woman who is named “Mary”; she has been my neighbor for ten years now. I have become very close to her. Her age is 76 and resides in the beautiful city of La Verne‚ CA. She is female‚ oldest of three children who came from the mid-west‚ Iowa/Minnesota area. She came to California when she was seven years old. She has been happily married to her husband‚ a recently retired pastor‚ for 55 years. They have two daughters‚ and three grandchildren

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    THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY The theory is as old as philosophy itself. It is of the view that persons’ moral and/ or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. The theory of a social contract is therefore a hypothesis explaining how society originates as well as the presumed relationships between its members‚ how they incur responsibilities and their rights. Early proponents of the social contract theory include; - Socrates

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    LaVonne Buckle June 16‚ 2016 Assignment 2 Conflict Theory and Social Stratification in Antz The DreamWorks Animated movie Antz is full of many inferences to all the Big Three Sociological Theories. Having never seen the movie‚ I cannot attest to which it most closely aligns with‚ but from watching the first fifteen minutes for this assignment‚ I definitely see Conflict Theory at work in the structure of the colony and the interactions of the characters. The film opens with the character Z lying

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    Theory of Community SCC and the community Pittsburg are similar to the Social Systems Theory. The Social Systems Theory emphasizes how the various social subsystems within the community interact with each other. This theory mentions the inputs and the outputs of the community (Kirst-Ashman‚ 2014). SCC and other agencies work together in the community to provide resources to help the citizens of the community. The outputs are to empower their clients to become productive citizens of the community

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    Social Identity Theory We all are deeply influenced by the society that we are surrounded by and the social relationships that follow it which makes us all unique individuals. We all respond differently to life’s circumstances far different from others. This is image of our personal identity that allows us to encounter our life experiences in a way that is different from others. It allows to all having different views of the world and this play a big role in social identity theory. Social Identity

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    theories of social change

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    SOC2601 Assignment 2 Semester 2 Theories of Social Change Student number: DECLARATION TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2. THE CORE 3. THE PERIPHERY 4. THE SEMI-PERIPHERY 5. CONCLUSION 1. INTRODUCTION In this essay we will be focusing on the three structural positions

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    Conflict theory of Karl Marx Sociology developed primarily as an attempt to understand the massive social and economic changes that had been sweeping in the 17th-19th centuries. These changes were later described as ‘the great transition’ from ‘pre-modern’ to ‘modern’ societies. Ontological assumptions of Marxist Theory is structuralism‚ conflict and materialism. Epistemology of realism. Marx was influenced by the dialectical method (way of thinking and the image of the world – dynamic rather than

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    Social Bond Theory Kevin Pascual Sociology 100 10/25/12 Social Bond Theory In 1969‚ a man named Travis Hirschi wrote and proposed something called the Social Control Theory. This theory can be applied in numerous kinds of ways when trying to address and solved social problems dealing with adolescents delinquent behavior. Before we can try to apply the Social Bond Theory‚ we must first understand the components and definition of the theory

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    Functionalism is the original and still dominant discipline of thought in the social sciences. As a construct of two forms of scientific investigation: the scientific approach and viewing the individual as a part of a social organism or social whole‚ the scientific method considers society as an objectively observable and "real" entity that is suitable for methods and philosophies that guide examination and study of the physical world. The 17th century philosopher‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ believed that humans

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