SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nomothetic, Social Web, Institutional Racism
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Making use of these different theories as an oppourtunity to ask different kinds of questions. Functionalist: ask questions about role, function, purpose of something (why is it there?) Become curious of how individuals consume or understand certqian things. Feminist: asks questions about categories (i. e. gender, class, sexual orientation, etc) Theory was discussed in last weeks lecture. I. e. pattern in challenges between 20 year olds are different compared to those of 70 year olds. Aggregates groups of individuals what do you share in common with those around you, and what separates you. Look at groups and see what they have in common and what they have in difference. Variable grouping of attributes (i. e. class, gender) Attributes are the different types within a variable: i. e. variable class ; attribute upper class, lower class. Take ideas and pin them down into something more concrete.
