(Some of the) Key Thinkers: Beliefs in Society NAME CONTRIBUTION CONCEPT Armstrong Feminist: Religion ‘not been particularly good to women…usually male affairs with women relegated to marginal positions’ Barker Making of a Moonie: most members from middle class (link to relative deprivation as appeal of sects/NRMs) Bellah Functionalist: religion in US = ‘Americanism’ + Decline in influence of religious institutions not evidence of secularisation‚ but move to individual belief/practice
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Levels of Sociological Analysis Macrosociology - places the focus on broad features of society. Conflict theory and functionalists use macrosociology. The goal is to examine large scale social forces that influence people. Microsociology - the emphasis is placed on social interaction. The Macrosociological Perspective The Macrosociological Perspective Social structure - the framework of society that was already laid out before you were born. Social structure guides our behavior. People learn certain
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MODULE 1 STUDY GUIDE: BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FOR EXAM 1. YOU SHOULD HAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION (DEFINITIONS‚ NUMBERS‚ EXAMPLES‚ ETC.) FROM THE TEXTBOOK READINGS‚ TO JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS. AS YOU READ THE CHAPTERS‚ TAKE NOTES THAT HELP YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. YOU CAN THEN USE THOSE NOTES TO HELP WHEN YOU ARE TAKING THE ACTUAL EXAM. What is ageism? Describe its origins‚ its expressions‚ and its impact on older people. Compare and contrast the normative‚ the interpretive
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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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term leisure” (Kelly‚ 2009). However‚ when examining some of the definitions that have been applied to leisure it is possible to create a clearer picture of what leisure is and can be. Leisure has been more broadly defined as “social and enjoyable activities that are a part of everyday life” (Rublee & Shaw‚ 1991‚ P138) whilst leisure also “provides opportunity to identify exploration and
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Rural sociology- 1205 Introduction Definition…… The nomenclature ‘Rural Sociology’ indicates that it is the scientific study of Rural Society. Broadly speaking‚ it deals with the systematic study of Rural Society‚ its institutions‚ activities interactions‚ social change etc. It not only deals with the social relationship of man in rural environment but also takes urban surroundings into considerations for a comparative study. So Rural Sociology primarily deals with the description and analysis
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Sociology as a science and particularly as a separate field of study is of recent origin. It is the youngest of the social sciences. August Comte‚ the father of sociology‚ first of conceived the word ‘sociology’ in‚ 1839. He had intended to name the new science social physics‚ but he rejected this term after a Belgian scholar‚ Adolphe Quetelet‚ began to make statistical studies of society and to call his area of Endeavour social physics. The word sociology is a barbaric combination of Latin word
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