Sociology

What do Sociologists study?

The Influence of social institutions on human development and Behaviour

What are roles? What are examples of roles you and others play?

The function assumed or part played by a person or thing in a particular situation. Student, Sister, Daughter

Institution

Organizations or establishments in society

Hierarchy

Ranking, sometimes connected with power or preference

Role

A position in society that comes with a perceived status and a set of values/expectations

Role Conflict

Experiencing opposing or conflicting demands of two or more roles

Values

A set of rules or ideals that tell us what is good/bad, desirable/undesirable

Norms

What is considered standard or “normal” behaviour

Deviance

Behaviour that is not considered “normal”

Dysfunctional

Not/Not completely functioning

Assimilationist

The practice or ideology of assimilation -the absorption of minorities by majorities

Functionalism

Functionalism in sociology sees the parts of components of a cohesive whole.

Neo-Marxism

Neo-Marxism calls into question the predominance of the economic system and the relationship between owners and workers.

Feminism (Four Perspectives)

Feminism broadly to the theories and movements for women’s rights and liberation.

Inclusionism

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Strives to include all people in the perspective,research in order to be truly representative

Symbolic Interactionism

symbolic interaction theory that the meaning we ascribe to objects, processes, ideas, concepts and systems is subjective.