Religion has always had a powerful influence on people as individuals and on society as a whole. It is evident in the past and in todays’ world that religion has caused quite a bit of controversy. In accordance to sociology‚ there is not one universal way that theorists’ look at religion. Rather it is seen and portrayed differently amongst sociologists. I will discuss the ways in which Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim view religion. Both view religion quite differently; Durkheim sees it in a more positive
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Evaluate feminist views on the role and functions of religion in society today. Feminists see religion as an instrument of patriarchy which means that society is based around male domination; they believe that this is a set of beliefs and practices responsible for women’s subordination. However functionalists believe otherwise and argue that its function is not to oppress women but to keep society stable whilst Marxists believe that religion oppresses the working class not females. Most religions
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Hwk – Outline and evaluate explanations of conformity (8 marks) AO1: Conformity is a form of social influence and is the tendency to copy other people’s behaviour and attitudes from within a group. Normative social influence occurs when a person desires to be liked and accepted by a group. They will publicly conform and change their behaviour but they will still privately reject their views. This change in behaviour is often temporary as this type of social influence leads to compliance.
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item A and elsewhere‚ assess the view that religion is a force for social change There are two primary views on the issue of whether religion is a force for social change in society. Certain theorists adopt the view that religion is a conservative force‚ maintaining the status quo‚ whereas other theorists have the belief that religion is a force for social change‚ bringing about revolutions in society. With all views‚ the lack of a universal definition of religion remains a problem. Marx for example
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Outline and evaluate the social learning theory as an explanation of aggression (24) According to the social learning theory there are multiple ways of learning behaviours‚ such as aggression. One way of learning behaviours is through observation and some psychologists have claimed children primarily learn aggressive behaviours observing role models (someone who is similar to the child or in a position of power‚ of who the child can copy behaviour from). For example‚ children may learn aggression
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insiders views of religion are that of someone who believes in religion and practices it. Insiders usually have more of predigest and traditional views on their religion which makes them biased. While they are biased to their own religion they are still committed to it and love their religion because it is their own. An insider can be more of a narrow-minded person because of their strong believes in traditional values in their religion but only because they are so committed to their religion. An insider
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What is Freud’s view on religion? Sigmund Freud was an Austrian psychologist‚ born May 1953 and died September 1939 aged 83. He had a very Jewish upbringing‚ yet considered himself to be an atheist‚ and his later works showed that he considered religion to be a type of neurosis. At various points in his work‚ Freud suggests that religion is an attempt to subdue or control what is known as the Oedipus complex; a father-son mental sexual competition over the mother. This suggests that the son feels
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Outline and evaluate definitions of abnormality. Abnormality has three definitions. The first definition is deviation from social norms. Social norms are the approved and expected ways of behaving in a particular society. In terms of social norms‚ abnormal behaviour can be seen as behaviour that deviates from or violates social norms. The key weakness of the deviation of social norms is cultural relativity. Social norms by their very definition are specific to a particular
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Outline and evaluate two social psychological explanations There are two social psychological approaches to aggression. These are social learning theory (SLT) and deindividuation theory (DT). Both these theories stress that aggression is a learnt process‚ they believe that aggression is due to our nurture and not in our nature. They dispute the biological approach to aggression. Social learning theory was proposed by Alburt Bandura. He used the word modeling to explain how humans can quickly learn
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How each member of the family contributes towards the household and how roles are divided in the home. Every household is structured differently. Cultural diversity refers to ethnic and religious diversities in the UK. Religion and family have a link between them. Religion influences the way children are socialised in families. A 2001 consensus shows that Asian and Chinese origin families are most likely to have dependent children living with them and are least likely to lone parents. Also
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