1. Social action is defined as day to day decisions and actions of individuals within the social world. Social actions both influence and are patterned and influenced by social structure. According to Marx’s theory‚ in order for the potential of social action occurring to take place a society must face resistance and revolution. According to Marx’s theory societies are already divided into two main groups‚ the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie are the upper class who are owners
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Ethnicity Ethnicity Intelligence: controversial (racist?) notions (Eysenck‚ Jensen‚ Hernstein & Murray) Outside school factors: material deprivation; social class background; gender; street culture (Sewell); high number of single parent‚ female-headed families Inside school factors: institutional & cultural racism (Coard‚ Gilborn); setting & streaming (Gilborn & Youdell); language (Labov‚ Mac an Ghaill); self-motivation of girls (Fuller‚
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SOC‚ 2nd Edition by Niki Benokraitis Study Worksheet – Chapter 1 Answer Key Thinking Like a Sociologist Matching Match the person or term with the appropriate description in the table below. |Max Weber |E |Macrosociology |I |Symbolic Interactionism |M | |Karl Marx |D |W.E.B. DuBois |G |Conflict Theory |K | |Empirical
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Assess the contribution of functionalism to an understanding of families and households. (24 marks) Functionalists believe that society is based on a shared value consensus‚ this is a set of shared norms and values into which society socialises its members‚ This enables society to work harmoniously and meet society’s needs and goals. Functionalists believe that the family is regarded as a basic building block of society. According to Parsons the family provides two important functions. The first
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Much greater levels of police stop and search on young black African-Caribbean males‚ than whites. After attack on World Trade Center in 2001 and London Underground bombings in 2005‚ a new discourse has emerged regarding Muslim Youths. The new image of them is of being dangerous- a threat to British culture. Offending There are 3 ways on gathering statistics on ethnicity and crime: official stats‚ victimization studies and self-report studies. According to Home Office statistics‚ about 9.5%
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Education is the process by which knowledge is imparted‚ skills developed and abilities trained. It is used to prepare citizens for various roles demanded by social institutions‚ such as family‚ government and economy ( Schaeffer‚ 2001). A society’s survival depends on the ability of its members to maintain and pass on the culture to succeeding generations (Preston & Smith‚ ) Education is an ongoing process that takes place in all locations‚ such as while watching television‚ attending religious
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into common sense. b. personal problems into public issues. c. people into supporters of the status quo. d. common sense into laws of society. Sociologists use the term “social marginality” to refer to: a. people who have little understanding of sociology b. people who are especially sensitive about their family background. c. being defined by others as an “outsider.” d. having special social skills. A symbolic-interaction analysis focuses not on how individuals perceive a social setting but how what
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abstract interpretations that can be used to explain a wide variety of situations. a. beliefs b. theories c. empirical answers d. views e. ideologies 1 points Question 3 1. According to __________‚ to become a science‚ sociology must study social facts‚ aspects of social life that shape our actions as individuals. a. Émile Durkheim b. Auguste Comte c. Karl Marx d. Emma Goldman e. Max Weber 1 points Question 4 1. __________ believed that class
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Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. Sociology ’s subject matter is diverse‚ ranging from crime to religion‚ from the family to the state‚ from the divisions of race and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture‚ and from social stability to radical change in whole societies. Unifying the study of these diverse subjects of study is sociology ’s purpose of understanding how human action and consciousness both shape and are shaped by surrounding cultural
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What is Sociology‚ Anyway? Introductory Sociology January 20‚ 2015 Use right arrow on keyboard to advance slides People typically do not understand sociology very well. Just ask someone what sociology is and they typically don’t know. Even people that have taken Introductory Sociology still don’t know what it is. For example‚ while evacuated during Hurricane Rita I told someone that I taught sociology and this is what they said: “I studied sociology in college but really didn’t understand it
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