introduction to sociological theories

Question 1

interconnectedness

Answer 1

• mixing and merging of culture

- they all want the same society, just through different lenses

Question 2

what is the enlightment period???

Answer 2

• the change in society,enlightened in society
• decline in religion = secularisation
• rise in science/technology
• evidence
• make the world better
• rational thinking
• had to trust sociologists, credible

Question 3

what is modern theorists???

Answer 3

• all had different perspectives so had to prove themselves
• really new and different for the time they were created
• outdated???

Question 4

Structuralists

Answer 4

Entirely moulded by society and we have no free will to act in any other way than how we are controlled

• society determines our choices, experiences and opportunities
• we act interact and react = top down approach
• deterministic theory
• study society as a whole
• macro (big) approach = how it’s all working

Question 5

Action

Answer 5

• we shape society through our actions, interactions
• we have free will and choices = our actions are voluntary, not forced and independent
• voluntaristic approach
• study society on a micro scale
• bottom up approach = how we react, interact with each other on a small scale and how that shapes social institutions and then how they shape society as a whole