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Theoretical perspective
functionalism
Biography
-Bio major
-Metatheorists
-conservative
-From the US
Famous works
-The structure of social actions
-the social sytem
The system levels
-cultural system (norms, values, and beliefs
-social system (interactions)
-personality system (personal preferences)
-behaviory system (physical, genetics)
The theory of action
The idea that that there is a motivated actor that pursuits a goal
through:
-the means and conditions (the situation)
The means
the materials (food, motivation, money, etc) to achieve that goal
The conditions
circumstances in order to achieve the goal
The normative standard
rules you need to follow in order to achieve goal
Parson's pattern variables
help predict what someone in a specific society will do
Expressive vs instrumental societies
AGIL
Adaptation: economic system (recources)
Goal attainment: politics (in charge of deciding where things will go)
Integration: criminals justice system (keeps people integrated)
-religion
Latent pattern maintance: socialization through education, family, religion, etc
