SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: False Consciousness, Thomas Theorem, Verstehen
23 Mar 2018
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Important question: how do the levels connect or conflict with one another: they do. They allow us to feel that we know why something happened, and whether, or not under what conditions, its is likely to occur again. Sensitizing ability: what has been ignored, popularity, popularity does not mean validity. Scope: the range of phenomena that a theory can explain, accuracy, does the theory match empirical reality, parsimony, can the theory be falsified. The birth of sociology: the term sociology was coined by august comte (1798-1857) in 1838, conservatives challenged the enlightenment believing that society is not the product of individuals, rather an entity in itself. Latent functions the unintended consequences of an action or social pattern: example: education. Society is grounded upon inequality and competition: power is he core of all social relationships; scarce and unequally divided among members of society.
