SOCIOL 2D06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Social Comparison Theory, Auguste Comte
10 Oct 2016
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Believed and rooted in positivism: we see the world in a positivist framework. W. e. b dubious: these theorists are found in s. i and chicago school theory, three main theoretical presences in the eld, ssp, gp, si. Social structure and personality: examines the interrelationship between society (through social structures) and individuals. It is going to take that social structural lens (for example, looking at socioeconomic status impacting an individual: macro-level perspective. More of a macro level perspective but also looking at the interchange between different levels (micro, macro and mezzo) Persisting patterns of behaviours and interaction between people or social positions . Sense of regular and frequent routine that it is occurring and we are seeing it as persistent since it is happening these on a macro and micro level: individual occupy roles: These roles are given/attributed to individuals by social structures. These roles are given to us through a structural role which impacts ones behaviour and derives personality traits as well.
