. Functionalism Functionalists see shared norms and values as being fundamental to society. They focus on social order based on understood agreements and view social change as occurring in a slow and orderly fashion. Their primary concern is with large-scale social structures and institutions of society‚ their interrelationships and their constraining effects on actors. Functionalism assumes that society is a system whose various sections work together to encourage balance. It assumes that all
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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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Using material from item 2B and elsewhere assess different sociological explanations of changes in the status of childhood. (24 marks) Childhood is socially constructed‚ the only reason that ’childhood’ exists is because society makes it that way. Over time childhood has changed as different norms and values over each century of life have been different and are still changing today. Also in different places of the world there are different cultures and ethics so therefore their view of childhood
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Assess sociological explanations for inequalities between husband and wives Domestic division of labour is referred to the roles that both men and women play in comparison to housework. There are 2 types of roles called conjugal roles and joint roles. Conjugal roles are where partners have different tasks within the family so there is a clear division of male and female roles. However joint roles is where partners share their roles so there is few divisions in the family making the household more
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1. While watching the film there were many moments that struck me as interesting. The first moment that struck me the most was when Jean Reynolds‚ who is a 51 year old‚ certified nursing assistant‚ daughter said she had cancer. That she would not live for long because Jean could not afford to get her daughter treatment. The second moment that struck me was when Barbara Brooks‚ a 36 year old‚ single mother said that she was “hustling backwards”. She wants to provide for her children‚ and is even trying
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(i) Some Class Definitions Gender(s) of worker Commodity Offered Dominant Quality 1. Prostitution is a transaction between the prostitute and the "client" whereby the prostitute performs sexually-related favours to their client and receives payment for doing so. - Woman - Man - One’s service - Absence of negative evaluation 2. Women who have either no other way to earn money who will turn towards a pimp‚ or work on her own‚ and walk around streets‚ trying to find clients who will pay for
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Week 2 Quiz Soc 1 WEEK 2 Quiz 25 questions on this quiz ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1: The totality of learned‚ socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects‚ and behavior is known as culture. society. socialization. social structure. 2: Which of the following is an aspect of culture? using American Sign Language watching the Super Bowl game eating in fast-food restaurants all of these 3: General customs and practices that are found
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In 2005‚ 19.7 million Americans over the age of 12 reported they were current illicit drug users. Nearly 18 million Americans are alcoholics. Globally‚ more than 76 million individuals have diagnosable drinking problems and about 15 million people have drug use disorders. Drug and alcohol abuse affects not the only the user‚ but also his or her family and friends‚ workplace‚ school‚ neighbors and community. In chapter 12 of “ Social Problems‚ Community‚ Policy and Social Actions‚” by Anna –Leon Guerrero
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Assess the extent to which social identity is shaped by interactions with others: Social identity is one’s sense of self as a member of a social group (or groups). Sociologists use the concept of social identity to explain how people understand who they are and why they do what they do. According to social identity theory‚ people classify themselves and others as belonging to specific groups. People regard groups more like themselves more positively‚ identifying themselves as members of such groups
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Multiple Choice Questions This activity contains 15 questions. A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy is called stereotyping. social mobility. social stratification. social inequality. What system of castes is composed of Brahmin‚ Kshatriya‚ Vaishya‚ and Shudra? the Indian caste system the South African system the British class system the British estate system
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