SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ideal Type, Anomie, Social Fact
28 Jun 2018
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Lecture 1 part 2
Conflict perspective
- Originates with Marx
- Conflict or tension between competing groups over scarce resources
- Macro and micro sociology
- Social change is often brought about through conflict
- Emphasis on activism and social change
- Conflict not necessarily violent (labor negotiations, party politics)
Functionalism
- Socialization imagination deals with the individual as well as the public society (gives
awareness of individual and broader society)
- Links personal setting as well as impersonal setting
- View problems as how an outsider would rather than yourself
- Conflict perspective- groups fighting for power questioning the status quo of society to
give equal chances at success)
- Feminist- status quo of males, questions why society gives males priority over female
- Symbolic interaction
- Role of socialization: process where people learn attitudes, values, and behaviors
appropriate for members of a particular culture
- Socialization shapes and effects our self-image- sets standards and expectations in
society that needs to be met
3 theoritics of framework
Functionalist perspective
- functions of society in socialism is the different ways society functions to meet a
common goal/norm
- Raised to buy into values of society because society works for the good of society
- Functionalism is based on stability
Conflict perspective
- Society is always in conflict and trying to change, socialism encourages moving up and
succeeding
- Questions status quo
- Question inherit (lower class vs. upper class)
Feminist perspective
- Men and women are socialized differently and will have different roles in society which
leads to inequality within genders
Agents of socialization
- Family
- Media/technology
- Religion
- State
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Document Summary
Social change is often brought about through conflict. Conflict not necessarily violent (labor negotiations, party politics) Socialization imagination deals with the individual as well as the public society (gives awareness of individual and broader society) Links personal setting as well as impersonal setting. View problems as how an outsider would rather than yourself. Conflict perspective- groups fighting for power questioning the status quo of society to give equal chances at success) Feminist- status quo of males, questions why society gives males priority over female. Role of socialization: process where people learn attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture. Socialization shapes and effects our self-image- sets standards and expectations in society that needs to be met. Functionalist perspective functions of society in socialism is the different ways society functions to meet a common goal/norm. Raised to buy into values of society because society works for the good of society.
