SOC 2106 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Constructionism, Moral Panic, Social Disorganization Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2106
• Professor: Jean-Francois Chapman

Document Summary

A social problem is a social condition or pattern of behavior that is believed to warrant public concern and collective action. Sociologists have always been concerned about social change, social conflict and social cohesion. The rise of technology coincided with the rise of modern societies in 19th century progress: Exposure to new and different ideas and cultures. We should be progressing as society and as individuals. Objective elements are the measurable features of negative social condition. Systematic measurements show that the condition exists and that it harms people. Causes and effects can be studied without making a moral judgement on whether it is serious or trivial . It can count and measure their incidence. Can study changes in social life that cause the numbers or rates. Subjective elements are personal evaluations of objective conditions and. This includes the moral labels (e. g. , wrong, immoral, sick etc) that people the processes that influence their evaluations apply to particular acts or situations.