1. What is sociology? What are the aims‚ uses and concerns of sociology? (Criteria 1.1‚ Level 2 and level 3) Sociology is the systematic study of patterns of human behavior between different societies and how they are transmitted through generations. It is concerned with the study of various social institutions within society and how they function and affect each other. For example‚ the influence the family might possibly have on whether a child is religious or not. Sociology is also the study of
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Emergence of Sociology and the History of Sociological Thought ETYMOLOGICAL MEANING OF SOCIOLOGY Socius (Latin) -which means groups or partners Logus (Greek) -which means science or study SOCIOLOGY A.) Scientific study of patterns of human interaction that deals with the study of group life. B.) Study of patterns and processes of human relations. C.) Study of current issues and problems such as ethnic relations‚ family life‚ community life and participation‚ social mobility
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Sociology – Family Unit – Marriage and Divorce Most people argue that the family is in ‘crisis’. They point to the rapidly increasing divorce rate‚ cohabitation‚ illegitimacy and number of single parent families. What is happening to Marriage? Marriage has increased in popularity‚ reaching a peak in 1971. Since then there has been a significant decline in the number of marriages‚ from 459000 in 1971 to 250000 in 2001. There is a decline in first marriages where neither partner has been married
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PARADIGMS The design of a research study begins with the selection of a topic and a paradigm. A paradigm is essentially a worldview‚ a whole framework of beliefs‚ values and methods within which research takes place. It provides a conceptual framework for seeing and making sense of the social world; to be located in a particular paradigm is to view the world in a particular way. A paradigm stands for the entire constellation of beliefs‚ values and techniques‚ shared by the members of a community
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Introduction to Sociology 1: What is Sociology? Two Different Kinds of Science All sciences seek the highest possible measure of objectivity in research through the use of ________________________________________________________. While this is the general rule for all sciences‚ there is a difference in how this plays out in the various disciplines. For this reason‚ science is divided into two categories: the _______________ sciences and the _____________ sciences. Natural Science natural
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above the other in terms of factors such as prestige and wealth. Using the functionalist theory‚ we can understand stratification better as this theory views society as a system that is set of interconnected parts which together form a whole. Talcott Parsons (1902- 79). Davis and moore (1945)‚ claimed that all societies have some form of social stratification. George Peter Murdock (1949) maintained that the family exists in every known human society. All these people seem to suggest that individual
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knowledge and skills to the next generation. From a functionalist perspective‚ education is an interrelated yet independent element that benefits society as a whole. Education selects and prepares individuals for their future roles in society. Talcott Parsons say that this benefits the individual as well as society. Education provides value consensus and social solidarity which is certainly positive in helping society to function. Functionally speaking‚ education serves as a venue to transmit culture
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FK8R 34 Sociology A: Introduction to Sociology Alisha Walsh In the mid 1800’s‚ French author Auguste Comte came up with the term “sociology”. Although previous philosophers‚ historians and political thinkers had studied and tried to make sense of their societies‚ this was when it began to develop as a distinctive science. Comte grew up in a time of great social and political upheaval. As the world rapidly changed‚
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prevalent. Families lived and collaborated in engendering goods and crops to live from‚ taking the surplus to market. In industrial society‚ the nuclear family becomes ascendant. Status for an individual in pre-industrial society was ascribed. Talcott Parsons (1956) presumed that in industrial society an individual ’s status is achieved by their prosperity. The nuclear family is the best way to
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SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORY ESSAY Most of the things we know about human´s behaviour has come out because of the different psychological theories. We may question why there are so many different psychological perspectives‚ which one is right and which one is wrong. Most Psychologists nowadays would say that none of the theories are correct. However‚ in the early days‚ the Psychologists would agree that all the theories were the only truly scientific one. Psychology is a science dedicated to the study
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