Thursday 18th September 2014 Unit 7: Sociological Perspectives for Health and Social Care P1 Explain the principal sociological perspectives Sociological perspectives are used to understand and describe the way societies function and the different behaviours of individuals within these societies. These perspectives can be used to explain the organisation of different areas of society‚ including social stratification‚ social mobility‚ social diversity‚ socialisation‚ and social institutions as well as
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the following: Symbolic Interactionalism‚ Functionalism‚ and Conflict Theory. These three perspectives help sociologists understand and explain the affect society has on people and how people affect the society. These perspectives help us to understand why our thoughts are shaped by the society we grew up in rather than the society we were born in. They show us how some society groups work together to build up a society and others against each other to compete for the most power in the society. The
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P1 Explain the principal sociological principles Functionalism: Functionalism (or structural functionalism) is the perspective in sociology according to which society consists of different but related parts‚ each of which serves a particular purpose. According to functionalism‚ sociologists can explain social structures and social behaviour in terms of the components
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However‚ recently a new antibiotic called teixobactin was discovered. This antibiotic prevents the synthesis of a cell wall by binding to a motif of lipid II and lipid III molecules. The goal of this experiment was to discover how teixobactin interact with bacteria and how it is able to effectively kill pathogens. A device called the iChip was used to discover teixobactin. The iChip helped to isolate and grow uncultured bacteria. Multiple iChips were covered with two semi-permeable membranes and
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Task one A). How do living things interact? Living things find a way to live off the land. Not with artificial flavouring or stuff like that. But it may not last unless we take good care of it. Living things interact by: 1). Viruses Learn about viruses and their surroundings‚ and how they are created. What is a Virus A virus s a small‚ NONLIVING particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell. Viruses are considered nonliving because they are not cells. They cannot: * use energy
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must enter your own details prior to submission. STUDENT DETAILS ACAP Student ID: 220124 Name: Petrina O’Brien Course: B. App. Soc. Sci. (BASSIX) ASSESSMENT DETAILS Unit/Module: Secondary Socialisation Educator: Joni Harvey Assessment Name: Interpersonal Communication Assessment Number: 1 Term & Year: 1 - 2014 Word Count: 500 DECLARATION I declare that this assessment is my own work‚ based on my
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Agents of Socialisation Introduction Socialization is used by psychologists‚ sociologists‚ political scientists‚ educationalists and anthropologists to denote the constant process of acquiring and disseminating customs‚ ideologies and norms‚ giving a person the habits and skills that are needed for participation in a particular community or a group. It is an amalgamation of self-imposed as well as externally enforced rules and anticipations of other individuals in the society. Contrasting other
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Gender socialisation is when Children from an early age are taught to act a certain way‚ a way that is “appropriate” for their sex. Social construction is when something is made to look natural when it’s really determined by society‚ e.g. Gender role. Sociologists believe that gender role is built up from the process of primary and secondary socialisation. Primary socialisation is the early childhood learning of norms and values from the parents‚ for e.g. table manners. Secondary socialisation‚ however
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Difference: |HIGH CONTEXT CULTURE | |LOW CONTEXT CULTURE | In a high context culture‚ many things are left unsaid‚ letting the culture explain. Words and word choice become very important in higher context communication‚ since a few words can communicate a complex message very effectively to an in-group (but less effectively outside that group)‚ while in a lower context culture‚ the communicator needs to be much
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Another sociological term demonstrated in Crash is the theory of micro-aggression. Microaggressions would be defined as "Microaggressions are subtle insults (verbal‚ nonverbal‚ and/or visual) directed toward people of color‚ often automatically or unconsciously." While the individual effects of these particular instances may be small‚ the cumulative effects can be devastating. In Crash‚ I believe the character that most exemplifies this is the film director. Examples of these subtle insults would
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