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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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    Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere‚ assess the contribution of functionalist sociologists to our understanding of the family. The functionalist theory is about the idea of different parts of the body‚ the body needs certain parts In order to function which relates to society needing certain parts in order to be a society. In general‚ functionalism is a theory based on consensus which is where people agree on the same norms and values. This is different to Marxism which is a conflict between

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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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    Concepts of Sociology Essay. Culture Values‚ beliefs‚ behaviours‚ practices‚ and objects that constitute a peoples way of life. This is referred to as Culture. It takes two forms; material culture and non-material culture. Material culture being a physical trait and non-material culture being a non-physical trait. A prime example of a physical trait for a material culture in Ireland for example would be our national flag or a shamrock. This represents our culture and is recognised world-wide

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    Sociology and Psychology Sociology studies the social systems while psychology studies mental systems. The nature of relationship between sociology and psychology still remains controversial and the study of social psychology in relation to both is still unsettled. There are two extreme views: J.S.Mill believed that a general social science could not be considered firmly established until its inductively established generalizations can be shown to be also logically deductible from laws of mind

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    ASSIMILATION In the sociology‚ assimilation is the process of integration whereby immigrants‚ or other minority groups‚ are "absorbed" into a generally larger community. This presumes a loss of all characteristics which make the newcomers different. A region where assimilation is occurring is sometimes referred to as a " melting pot". Assimilation can be voluntary‚ which is usually the case with immigrants‚ or forced upon a group‚ as is usually the case with the receiving "host" group. Immigration is

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    have studied about sociology. Because the main job of those sociologists is to study and research about the society and the human behavior‚ they are the ones who understand it the best. As a result‚ they should reform it‚ not others. 2. If I were a sociologist‚ I would use all of sociological perspectives‚ because each perspective has its own advantage and disadvantage. * Symbolic Interactionism: According to the symbolic interaction’s perspective‚ people attach meanings to symbols‚ and then

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    most recent sociologists research we are beginning to see how you can look to micro interactions within a society and apply them to the current macro level of society in order to further the knowledge within the field of sociology. First‚ we must look at several individual groups or cases within the society before we are able to connect them to the larger society as a whole. Recent sociological work has done a great job at explaining what is going on within a society at a micro level‚ the next step

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    1.0 Sociology Theory Sociological perspective provide us with a unique view point on a certain social issues however the needs to have sociology theory is to have a proper explanations or linkage as to the observation made. There are three most used theory used by sociologist and researchers today in studying the pattern that exist in society and to explain how society influences people and vice versa. Structural functional approach or also known as functionalism‚ observe society in a much bigger

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