SOCIAL CONCEPTS Flashcards
WHAT IS SOICIALISATION
Socialisation is the process through which individuals learn the norms and values of society,
leading to a functional society (according to functionalists).
WHAT IS STRUCTURALISM
STUCTURALISM IS AN APROACH THAT FOCUSES ON THE LARGE SCALE(MACRO) SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALISM
WHAT ARE TWO FACTS ABOUT STRUCTURALISTS
-THEY BELIEVE SOCIETY CONTROLS INDIVIDUALS
-THEY LOOK FOR HOW STRUCTURES IN SOCIETY MIGHT CONTROL THE WAY PEOPLE BEHAVE IN CERTAIN WAYS
WHAT IS AN INTERPREVIST
INTERPRETIVISIM IS AN APROACH FOCUSING ON THE INDIVIDUAL RATHER THAN THE SOCIETY(MICRO SCALE) WHERE INDIVIDUALS PLAY DEFINED ROLES AND CHANGE SOCIETY DEPENDING ON THEIR ACTIONS
WHAT ARE TWO FACTS ABOUT INTERPRETISTS
-INDIVIDUALS CONTROL SOCIETY
-THEY LOOK FOR HOW PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES AND IDENTITY
CONSENSOUS/CONFLICT
-WHEN PEOPLE AGREE ON A SET OF SHARED VALUES AND THEIR IS MINIMAL DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN GROUPS.(CONSENOUS THEORIES ARE FUNCTIONALISM AND NEW RIGHT)
-WHEN DIFFERENT GORUPS DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER DUE TO DIFFERENT INTRESTS, WEALTH STATUS AND POWER.( A CONFLICT SOCIETY LACK A SET OF SHARED VALUES, MARXISM AND FEMINISM
STATE THREE MORE FACTS ON FUNCTIONALISM (U・x・U)
-FUNCTIONALIST BELIEVE THAT THEIR IS A FUNCTION FOR EVERYTHING IN SOCIETY
-FUNCTIONALISM WAS MAINLY BELIVED IN THE MID-20TH CENTUARY
-PARSONS AND DURKHEIM
STATE FOUR FACTS ON THE CONFLICT THEORY MARXISM
-MARXISTS ARGUE THAT MODERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES ARE BASED ON CONFLICT BETWEEN DIFFERENT CLASSES.
-SOCIETY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO ( BOUGEOISIE OWNERS OF WEALTH AND LAND AND THE PROLETERIAT WAGE SLAVES)
-MARXISM INFLUENCES SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM WHICH MOTIVATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETIES BASED ON EQUALTITY RATHER THAN CLASS.(KARL MARX)
WHAT IS FEMINISM
THE BELIEF THAT WE LIVE IN A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY WHERE MEN HAVE CONTROL AND POWER IN THE MAJORITY OF SOCIETY
WHAT IS NEW-RIGHT
NEW RIGHT IS A GROUP THAT BELIEVES TRADITIONAL NUCLEAR FAMILIES AND IT’S VALUES IS WHAT’S BEST FOR SOCIETY
