CAS SO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Talcott Parsons, Kingsley Davis, Gary Becker
25 Jan 2018
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A set of ideas that provides explanations for a broad range of phenomena. A sociological theory is a set of ideas that explains a wide range of human. Positivist: believed accurate observation and description are highest forms. (cid:498)social facts(cid:499): people can be studied just as natural science can be studied. (cid:498)all human history thus far is the history of class struggles. (cid:499) Technological and scientific development -> (cid:498)rational society(cid:499), where social. Origins of sociological thought of knowledge. and economic life is based on efficiency and technical knowledge. Society is greater than sum of its parts. All social institutions contribute to balance and continuation of society. Manifest: obvious and intended purposes of institutions, practices, and. Latent: not obvious or unintended purposes of institutions, practices, and. Core assumptions that are punished (or where rewards are removed). Humans seek to maximize rewards and minimize punishments. Humans will engage in behaviors that are rewarded and cease behaviors.
