SOC101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sigmund Freud, Thomas Theorem, Victimology

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC101
• Professor: Jennifer Schulenberg

Document Summary

Theory: set of statements that explain or predict problems, events or behaviour within the social world. Functionalism: how social systems in their entirety operate and produce consequences (emile durkheim, robert merton and talcott parsons) Structuralism: way of explaining social forms and its influence on social structure. Does(cid:374)"t p(cid:396)o(cid:373)ote u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t o(cid:396) so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge. Contestation fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)tested (cid:271)(cid:455) aski(cid:374)g (cid:862)(cid:449)ho does this fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:271)est se(cid:396)(cid:448)e(cid:863) Change society either will or should be changed. Egalitarian: all people are equal and deserve equal rights. Create our reality and understanding of the world by interacting with other people. Social systems are simply ideas that do not exist independently of individuals relations and interactions: therefore social systems (friendship, education, economy) are by-products of our personal dealings with one another. Allows them to express aspects of themselves that their audience would find unacceptable.