AS Sociology Ch. 1 Sociological Perspectives Topics: 1. The Main Sociological Perspectives 2. Values 3. Social Policies & Social Problems 4. Diversity 5. Social Order 6. Social Change 7. Sociology as a Science The Main Sociological Perspectives The Sociological Perspective is the view that an individual’s social backgrounds influence their attitudes, behaviour, and life chances.
AS Sociology Ch. 2 Socialisation and the creation of social identity Structuralist & Interactionist Views on the Individual vs Society Interactionism The 3 main interactionist perspectives: phenomenology, ethnomethodology, and symbolic interactionism. Phenomenology - Schutz: the meaning of a phenomenon (anything existing) in the social world is negotiated and interpreted through interaction. For example, our reaction to people fighting outside and people
AS Sociology Ch. 3 Sociology Research Methods Topics: 1. Primary and Secondary Data 2. Quantitative and Qualitative Data 3. Questionnaires 4. Social Surveys 5. Content Analysis 6. Experiments 7. Official Statistics 8. Interviews 9. Observation 10. Case Studies 11. Semiology 12. Documents 13. Research Design Primary, Secondary, Quantitative and Qualitative Data Primary Data: Information collected personally by
AS Sociology Ch. 4 Relationship Between Theory & Methods Overview of Positivism, Interpretivism, and Realism Positivism — Positivists aim to explain social phenomena in terms of the ‘collective conscience’ bearing down on individuals’ choices. Scientific research involves the ability to discover ‘social facts’ that determine individual behaviour. • The researcher must be personally and systematically objective. • Scientific research involves the ability
AS Sociology Ch. 5 The Family Perspectives on the family, Divorce, Marriage, and Cohabitation, Family Diversity, Changes within the family, Childhood, Social Policy, and Demography.
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