WITH REFERENCE TO THE RANGE OF SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES‚ EXPLAIN HOW SOCIOLOGISTS ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND SOCIETY. The main aim of sociology is to seek an understanding or explanation as to how society functions or operates. There are numerous sociological theories‚ some dating back as early as the 19th century‚ these include Structural and Marxist Functionalism and Social Action theories. Throughout the years these perspectives have gradually been modernised due to the changes that have occurred
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CU254 Causes and Spread of Infection 1. Understand the causes of infection. 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria – a single cell micro-organism that gets its nutrition from its surroundings and can only be seen under a microscope. Viruses - are disease producing agents far smaller than bacteria. They are enclosed in a protein coating which makes them more difficult to destroy. Fungi – are included in the plant kingdom but are quite different
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of higher cognitive functions. These include impairment of thinking‚ memory and orientation‚ learning ability‚ language judgement. The resulting disability depends on the interaction between the underlying disease process‚ the individual and the social and built environment. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia. The key functions of the brain that are affected are: • Parietal Lobe – For behaviour‚ special awareness and recognition. • Frontal Lobe – For
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Society is an ordered‚ organized and structured community. When discussing society there are three sociological perspectives; functional‚ conflict and symbolic interactionist perspectives. A functionalist view sees society as a complicated system of parts that interact to perform the needs of a society. Conflict perspective view classes in conflict to determine social change. Symbolic interactionism is the study of society interactions between groups and/or individuals. Functionalism is the most
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5.1. The different reasons people communicate are: - To share; opinions‚ information‚ thoughts‚ knowledge‚ feelings‚ emotions‚ needs and wants. - To socialise‚ build and maintain relationships to satisfy our constant need to relate to others and have them relate to us. - To request or demand something. - To learn‚ teach and educate. - To persuade‚ argue and inform. - To compliment. - To experience. - To soothe others. - To gain attention. - To conduct business - For pleasure (film‚
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Sociological Perspective of Pleasantville Pleasantville is a motion picture that was released in 1998 which is a fictional drama on how life evolves. The main Characters are teenage twins David and Jennifer (played by Tobey McGuire and Reese Wetherspoon) David and Jennifer life Is not li the perfect life that is betrayed on Pleasantville that David was fascinated with. Life is in fact perfect in Pleasantville; the families are perfect‚ the school is perfect‚ the weather is perfect‚ the relationships
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Understand sociological approaches to health and social care – Patterns and trends in health and illness among different social groupings P3 – Explain patterns and trends in health and illness among different social groupings In this assignment I will write a report which will explain the patterns and trends in health and illness among different social groups. Gender Women’s life expectancy is higher than a man’s life expectancy. Women typically live five years longer than men. Another reason why
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COLLECTIVISM This is more a political view than a sociological prospective. It is said that the state is responsible of providing care and welfare as a team. This prospective looks at the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people around‚ it prioritises the responsibility to look after them‚ for example people with disabilities‚ unemployment‚ low income‚ children‚ they also make old people a priority to look after as well as mentally ill people and sick people. People in society pay national insurance
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The types of incidents and emergencies which are arising in section A‚ • Accidents in this section we can see that the accident has happened because a s they quoted ‘some this explains that one of the staff member was abusing one of the elderly person. • Fire is also accrued in section A in the accidents ‘The flooding has caused electrical and a fire has started the lower floor kitchen of the home and is a spreading quickly’ this shows that fire started in the resident’s floor. • Major disaster
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Health and safety in health and social care 1.1 ‘The legislation relating to general health and safety in social care work settings: The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) Food Safety Act 1990 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (PPE) 1992 Manual Handling Operations Regulations
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