SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Symbolic Interactionism, Class Conflict, Proletariat

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Gerald Bierling, Jessica Braimoh

Document Summary

Chapter 2 revel quizzes are due today at 11:59 pm: make sure you"ve registered under the right core of this class, need to get at least 50% on each quiz to get the full 5% Next class covers chapter 4, and there are no revel quizzes on this chapter. Theoretical perspectives: functionalism, conflict, symbolic interactionism, theory from the margins. There are a lot of theorists covered in this chapter: this lecture covers the key takeaways, necessary to differentiate theoretical perspectives, she won"t ask questions about dates, more questions about concepts or theories. Agency: the idea that everyone has, to some extent, the ability to change socially constructed lives. Structure: the network of relatively stable opportunities and constraints that influence individual behaviours. In-class activity: we all threw paper at the front of the room, trying to hit the table: there are established patterns in the community that dictate structure versus agency.