SOC 001 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I Clicker Question II Eating Disorder Example III Chapter One Reading Assignment Outline of Current Lecture IV Clicker Questions V Recap of Chapter One VI Chapter Three Reading Assignment Current Lecture Clicker Question 1 The defining quality of the sociological imagination is the ability to see beyond the private troubles like an eating disorder of the individual and to see the public issue of social structure operating on society as a whole Clicker Question 2 A genetic predisposition toward weight gain is probably an individual factor having to do with eating disorders Clicker Question 3 The explosion of foods as the article puts it is probably a public issue of social structure having to do with eating disorder Recap of Chapter 1 Founders of sociology in Europe Durkheim T nnies Weber and Spencer Founders of sociology in US Sumner Addams and DuBois o They all brought sociology from a laughing stock to prominence by end of 19 th century o They were all skeptical of the traditional views of the social world Chapter 3 Reading Science and Fuzzy Objects Specialization in Sociology It is difficult to paint a clear picture of a fuzzy object Ludwig Josef Wittgenstein Werner Heisenberg published the uncertainty principle there are certain limits on science s ability to measure and predict the behavior of physical objects Chaos is everywhere in the world Sensitive dependence on initial conditions principle the idea that a very small initial difference may lead to an enormous change to the outcome The fact that sociologists cannot offer predictions with absolute certainty does not make their work less scientific Sociologists divide society into chunks and specialize in how they are going to approach the study of these chunks through three parts o Topic area or subject matter Ex Age art collective behavior culture demography economy education etc 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 o o Theoretical perspectives paradigms framework or model of the world Functionalist have three major assumptions about the nature of the social world Within a particular society there is a great deal of consensus about what values and norms are important o Working hard important o Murder bad o Obtaining wealth good Society is an entity or whole that is made up of many integrated parts tied together o When one part of society changes other parts will change in response o Ex If the economic system changes education and family systems will change as well Society tends to seen stability and avoid conflict o Conflict not normal dysfunctional and pathological Conflict based on assumptions that seem opposite to theories that grow out of the functionalist paradigm Within a particular society there are subgroups of people who cherish different beliefs and have conflicting values and goals Society is made up of subgroups that are in ruthless competition for scarce resources Society is never harmonious conflict normal in society Symbolic Interactionist aka social constructionists interested in how people construct their own social worlds How people use symbols to make sense of their environments Four basic assumptions about the nature of the social world o How people act depends on how they see and evaluate reality o People learn from others how to see and evaluate society o People constantly work to interpret their own behavior and the behavior of others determine what these behaviors mean o When people do not attach the same meanings to behaviors or perceive reality in the same way there will be misunderstanding and conflict Levels of analysis Microsociology focus on the interactions of individuals and the context of those interactions Macrosociology focus on broader social phenomena such as whole social structures institutions and systems
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