SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Unintended Consequences, Symbolic Interactionism, Class Consciousness

• School: UTM
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H5
• Professor: Nathan Innocente

Document Summary

What is a theory: statements about how or why particular facts about the social world are related, way of viewing the social world, interconnected series of testable assertions and propositions. Emphasizes particular problems and makes testable assertions about those problems. How do woman get promoted in law firms: meta theory. A way of looking at and interpreting reality. How do social structures maintain or undermine social stability: conflict. How is social inequality maintained and challenged: symbolic interactionism. How do people create meaning through interaction: feminism. What are the social sources of patriarchy: postmodernism. Human behaviour is governed by stable patterns of social relations. Shows how structures maintain or undermine social stability. Social structures are based mainly on shared values. Re-establishing equilibrium is the best way to solve social problems: concepts. Function: consequence of a social pattern for the operation of society. Manifest function: intended consequence of a social pattern. Latent function: unintended consequence of a social pattern.