What Is Sociology -

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by an understanding of everyday behaviour.

Marx being a conflict theorist believed in class conflict, a society made up of two groups. Those who have the means to produce wealth and those who don't. The capitalist class vs. the working class. A factory owner will gain income by allowing people to work for him. The people working for him must sell their labour power to survive. The rise and fall of different social structures will lead to more advanced social structures in the future. We learn from our mistakes & build from our accomplishments. Marx called this perspective dialectical materialism, which depicts a world of becoming rather than being. Marx believed that religion, family organization, education and government make up the superstructure of society.

Spencer viewed society as being very similar to a biological organism, that all different aspects of society have a special purpose to help it survive. He strongly believed in a Darwinian view of natural ...

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think other people view ourselves. He said its an ongoing process sectioned into three phrases. Imagining how we appear to others, imagining how others judge our appearance, and then developing some sort of feeling on the basis of what we perceive others' judgements to be. He also talked about self image, which is a temporary mental conception we have of ourselves. Self conception, a more over riding view of ourselves. shyness, & choking.

The three general types of sociological theory are positivistic, interpretive
and critical theory. In determining which theory is the most appropriate for
sociology to adopt, a basic understanding of each theory's strengths and
weaknesses is ...

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