SOC 100 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Current Lecture I 4 Perspectives on Human Life II The Sociological Imagination III Theoretical Approaches IV Functionalist V Conflict VI The Symbolic Interaction Approach VII Ways of Knowing Current Lecture 4 Perspectives on Human Life 1 2 3 4 Biological Psychological Social Cultural The Sociological Imagination Ability to see the relationship between individual and larger society Many of our particular problems successes are not unique to us but are a result of larger social trends pg 6 Personal problems are transformed into public issues Box pg 6 Theoretical Approaches pg 14 These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Functionalist a society is viewed as stable orderly system macro level Conflict groups in society are engaged in a continuous power struggle for control of scarce resources macro level Symbolic Interactionist focuses on the specific interaction among people Functionalist 1 society is composed of interrelated parts 2 focuses on the group as a whole 3 Individuals are responsible for their achievements as well as for their failures Conflict 1 society is characterized by social inequality 2 focuses on competition among the parts 3 individuals are often not responsible for their achievements or failures The Symbolic Interaction Approach 1 focuses on interpersonal communication in micro level settings 2 focuses on how people create reality or how they make sense of their everyday lives Ways of Knowing 1 Belief Faith what you have been raised to know is true or if your faith dictates what you believe is right wrong 2 Expert Authority someone in power says that something is true and you begin to see it as true 3 ESP extra sensory perception something happened far away and you can t explain it 4 Science tells many of us about the world and how things work