SOAN 2120 Lecture 3: LECTURE 3

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2120
• Professor: D Walters

Document Summary

Learning objecives understand why social researchers use research methods know the disincion between the three major theoreical perspecives how is social theory related? understand variables, and be able to disinguish quanitaive from categorical variables. Study the impact and the efect environment has on individuals and groups. Clip at the beginning of class was from the movie: trading places (2 individuals trade places)- one becomes a successful business man and the other becomes a homeless man on the verge of suicide. Key elements of conlict theory conlict between compeing groups (wealth, resources and power) class struggle (conlict and batle with each other) equality of result or equality of outcome (poor get poorer, rich get richer) Key elements of funcionalism funcional (if something exists in society it has a purpose) consensus (everyone in society has equality of opportunity (it is funcional to have some level of inequality; everyone should have the same opportunity to excel)