which religion produces social change” (33 marks) There is a great debate concerning the role of religion in social change. Whereas some sociologists believe that religion acts as a conservative force‚ thus inhibiting social change whether that is positive or negative‚ others believe that religion is a radical force and a major contributor to social change. As expected many sociologists have taken the middle ground‚ arguing that religion can be both encouraging and preventing social change. The
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with this essay is natural religion‚ this is a phrase that is used to describe religion as being a part of nature. All things such as gods‚ souls‚ sprits‚ and so forth‚ are all linked to nature and not separate from it. Religion is based on principles‚ which are all down to reason and the study of nature. This is done by explaining religion as something from nature rather than some unknown source. Before the creation of natural religion‚ it was the view that religion was based on some divine revelation
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Evaluate different views of the relationship between sociology and social policy. (40 marks.) Social policy refers to the activities of governments and their agents to meet social needs and solve social problems. For example‚ the government have set up city academies in order to raise the educational performance of poor performing inner city schools. As sociology is the study of society and of people and their behaviour it can be seen to successfully relate to/help the government in creating future
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behaviours – including abnormality – is learnt. It suggests that we have very few innate characteristics that we are born with. According to the behavioural model there are three ways in which we learn‚ these include classical + operant conditioning and social learning theory. Classical conditioning is learning by associated‚ this is when we create a new stimulus response link by associating one stimulus to a response. For example little albert was conditioned to have a phobia of white fluffy objects. Psychologists
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their shy mothers who would prefer to keep care for their kids at home. Clark Stewart et al studied a hundred and fifty children in 1994. They found children who went to day-car compared to children who stayed at home were more advance in their social development. They interacted better with their peers and were more independent. Research shows that going to day-care has a positive effect on the child’s peer relations later on in life. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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the individual needs of the individual‚ but it arises out of the needs of the society of which the individual is a member. The educational system of any society is related to its total social system. It is a sub system performing certain functions for the on-going social system. The goals and needs of the total social system get reflected in the functions it lays down for educational system and the form in which it structures it to fulfill those functions. In a static society‚ the main function
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guards after two days and the guards controlled this rebellion using fire-extinguishers. Some prisoners became depressed and anxious and had to be released before the six days were finished. This study showed that people will readily conform to the social roles that they are expected to play‚ especially if the roles are strongly stereotyped such as prison guards. The study had many ethical issues‚ one being that Zimbardo had a lack of fully informed consent from the participants‚ the participants
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All cultures are centered around belief structures that continue over a long period time‚ but some of the practices and rituals associated with these beliefs can become shuffled and this can drastically set two religions apart. The Mayans and the Aztecs of Mesoamerica are no different in this sense. Both cultures were “obsessed” with the stars and their movement in the heavens and they each built large observatories to watch and record what was happening‚ buildings that still exist to this day
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agree that religion is a force for social change? Throughout history‚ there has been an on-going debate as to whether or not religion is a conservative force‚ or a force for social change. Whilst many Sociologists such as Durkheim‚ see religion as a positive conservative force; creating social harmony and solidarity‚ others disagree claiming religion to be a strong force for social change and as neo-Marxist Otto Maduro believes‚ religion has the power to initiate revolutionary change. Firstly
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Baddeley and Hitch (1974) developed an alternative model of short-term memory which they called the working memory model. The working memory model consists of four components. The central executive which controls and co-ordinates the operation of two subsystems‚ the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad. The central executive controls attention and coordinates the actions of the other components‚ it can briefly store information‚ but has a limited capacity. The phonological loop consists
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