Social action

Question 1

Weber

Answer 1

To gain a full understanding sociologists should analyse meanings behind acts based on 4 ideal categories

Question 2

Webers 4 categories to understand actions

Answer 2

1. instrumentally rational - how people attempt to achieve goals in the most effective way
2. value rational - how actors pursue a goal based on desirability rather then logical benefits
3. Traditional action - action that happens due to routine
4. affective action - actions based on feelings and emotions

Question 3

Mead

Answer 3

symbolic interactionalism - individuals shape their identities based on labels people attach to them, people interact with each other based on symbols e.g facial expressions

Question 4

Goffman

Answer 4

dramaturgical model - we create a false representation of ourselves to fit into a particular social audience

Question 5

Cooley

Answer 5

looking glass self - how people percieve themselves through internalising the labels societies places on them