acts as ideological patriarchal force Patriarchy Davie Religious belief = widespread‚ but nowadays expressed privately not within religious institutions ‘Belief without belonging’ Durkheim Functionalist: definition of religion based on sacred vs. profane (beliefs/practices based thereon) + religion = worship of society (based on totemism) + religion has functions* + Changes with modernity (won’t disappear? Sacred symbols still needed) *Social solidarity + Collective conscience + Value consensus
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An Academic Discipline‚ or field of study‚ is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researches at the college or university level. Fields of study usually have several sub-disciplines or branches‚ and the distinguishing lines between these are often both arbitrary and ambiguous. Academic Disciplines are used and taught in our everyday life. Humanities‚ Natural Sciences‚ Psychology‚ Social Sciences‚ Communications and Technology are six disciplines that we encounter daily and continue to learn
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Sociology of Mental Health Differences between genders often become the basis for discussion of many sociological issues. Mental health problems are studies from this perspective as well. Many researchers investigate the types of problems that women and men have in their life experiences. One of the themes that sociologists are interested in is the idea of gender disparity in upbringing and its effect on one’s mental health. By producing gender differences‚ definitions of masculinity and femininity
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Through sports many athletes have a connection that is majorly significant in the way that the impact of their experiences can be life-changing. When being apart of a cohesive team‚ specifically football‚ that collectively works hard together to reach a common goal each of the players become aware of the importance of responsibility‚ teamwork and other traits of good character. In that‚ there is an underlying understanding that sports can be influential to young participants by teaching life lessons
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whole coming together well for one purpose. The conflict theory proposes that conflict and tension are the basic facts of life and are what make up social change and ultimately society as a whole‚ but it puts more emphasis on class conflict (bourgeoisie vs. proletariat). Together‚ both of these theories are from a macro analysis perspective. 2. Symbolic interactionism focuses on communication and meaning. According to symbolic interactionsim‚ how is a meaningful reality created? Symbolic interactionism
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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2014 series 9699 SOCIOLOGY 9699/32 Paper 3 (Social Inequality and Opportunity)‚ maximum raw mark 75 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began
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3 FIELDWORK AND ITS INTERPRETATION Theory without data is empty‚ but data without theory are blind. — C. Wright Mills FIELDWORK Anthropology distinguishes itself from the other social sciences through the great emphasis placed on ethnographic fieldwork as the most important source of new knowledge about society and culture. A field study may last for a few months ‚ a year‚ or even two years or more‚ and it aims at developing as intimate an understanding as possible of the phenomena investigated
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SOCIOLOGY REVISION Couples What two conjugal roles does Parson identify? Why does he believe this?(functionalist) * Instrumental Role-Male‚ breadwinner‚ wage earner * Expressive role-Female‚ home maker‚ nurturing role * Because the domestic division of labour is biologically based What two types of conjugal roles does Bott identify? * Segregated conjugal roles- wife and husband have specified roles within the family and spent their leisure time separately. * Joint conjugal
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Psychology I tutorial for 9 May: Personality theories Lecturer: Tracey Fleming t.fleming@ru.ac.za ___________________________________________________________________________ Students may compare any two theories of personality‚ and are required to highlight the main similarities and differences between the two. They should have a paragraph somewhere highlighting each theory’s main propositions/ tenets in order to build a strong argument. The most common comparisons you will probably come across
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Earth on 31 May 2013. a) Asteroid 1998 QE2 b) Asteroid 2013 QE2 c) Asteroid 1998 EQ2 d) Asteroid 2013 EQ2 Answer: (a) Asteroid 1998 QE2 2. Which Islands in India were declared as the world biosphere reserve by the United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in the Month of May 2013? a) Lakshadweep Islands b) Andaman Islands c) Daman and Diu d) Nicobar Islands Answer: (d) Nicobar Islands 3. Name the centuries-old frozen plants that were revived by the researchers
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