Sociology Key Theories Flashcards
Structural Functionalism
How social structures function to solve the needs of society
Conflict Theory
How power forms the basis of relationships between different groups + create social conflicts
Primary Group
Small social group whose members share close, personal, enduring relationships.
Looking-Glass Self
States that a persons self grows out of society’s interpersonal interactions + the perceptions of others
Education System
- Helps society achieve stability - important function
- A tool used by those in power to control society and maintain dominance
Feminist Sociology
To examine conflicts created by gender
Symbolic Interactionism
Study of individuals and their roles within their society
-To examine how a physical environment + social structure determines individual behaviour
Social Darwinism
Theory that individual groups + people are subject to the same Darwin Laws of natural selection
Goals of the Prison
System
Informal control - through a sense of right/wrong + interactions with others
Formal control - Through laws
