SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Side Effect, Edmontonian, Social Fact

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100
• Professor: Richard Westerman

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Makes the positive assumption that parts of the society work together productively for the whole. The reality of society what are we examining. Functional analysis what is it when we say (cid:1688)functions(cid:1689) of something in society. How are we linked to the society as. Symbolic interactionism: individual action shaped by the agent(cid:1685)s own motive an understanding of the motives of the other person. Critical theory: different groups struggle to dominate over one another in a constant conflict. Both of these see the society as in some way made up of parts that are fundamentally distinct. Also society is nothing more than the sum total of the interaction of these parts. Nothing is really traced backed to the actions of these component parts. Theoretically consider each part in isolation from the rest of society. Collective consciousness shared (cid:1684)taken for granted(cid:1685) moral beliefs or values. Going against popular opinion that almost all members of a society agree on without really questioning them.