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Sociological Theory

Sociological Theory. What is theory?. A way to explain how facts are related These facts should be based on empirical evidence Provides a framework for interpretation– a lens through which we can examine certain social phenomena. In Sociology, the primary question theory seeks to answer:

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Sociological Theory

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  1. Sociological Theory

  2. What is theory? • A way to explain how facts are related • These facts should be based on empirical evidence • Provides a framework for interpretation– a lens through which we can examine certain social phenomena. • In Sociology, the primary question theory seeks to answer: • What holds society together?

  3. Macro-level theories: • Structure- Functionalism • Auguste Comte • Herbert Spencer • Emile Durkheim • Robert Merton— • Manifest Function • Latent Function • Dysfunction

  4. Led to… • Social Facts • External to the individual • Have coercive power of the individual • Transcend time

  5. Macro-Level Theories, cont: • Conflict Theory • Karl Marx • Means of production • Bourgeois • Proletariat • Max Weber • The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

  6. Micro-Level Theories • Symbolic Interaction • W.I. Thomas • “Thomas Theorem” • “What some perceives as real is real in its consequences.”

  7. C.H. Cooley • “The Looking Glass Self” • We imagine how we appear to others • We imagine how others are judging said appearance • Our sense of self develops from those judgements

  8. G.H. Mead • Imitation • Play (pretending) • Game • Generalized Other • Significant Other • I • Me

  9. G. H. Mead

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