Conflict Theory is a macrosociological theoretical perspective that is in many ways the mirror like image of functionalism. It is based on the work of Karl Marx, and reflects insights that were developed in the twentieth century notably by Ralf Dahrendorf, who was born in 1929, Pierre, who was bor...
Tablets, laptops, smart phones, PlayStation, and Xbox, all are part of and contributed to our technology today. Have you ever gone to a family or a friend's get together dinner and everyone was on their cellphone instead of communicating to each other? Have you ever wonder where your kids were or ev...
Economics is everything. It affects us in so many ways! I do wonder why certain policies adopted by the government are harmful to the nation's growth, and saving rates between countries differs. This is why I'm interested in pursuing economics as a degree because it's about how human behaviour inter...
An overview of Social Stratification Some of the world's nations are wealthy, others poor and some are in between. The layering is called social stratification. Pg 154 Social Stratification affects the way we think about life. If were born in Ethiopian you would be literate and you would expec...
An Idea of Personal Satisfaction About Life The motivation for this paper is to determine overall satisfaction with life in society today. There are two different types of sociological theories that are to be considered through this research. The first is the structural-functional theory w...
In our activity on college admissions during class we had a difficult time finding criteria by which to judge potential applicants. We eventually decided GPA, high school information, and SAT score would be the most important criteria. We all ended up choosing applicants two, four, six, and s...
Sociological Perspective A Mr. Berger summed up the sociological perspective by seeing the general in a particular. Seeing patterns and noticing the behavior of different people are characteristics of sociology. Human behavior is not what people decide to do, nor does society shape our lives. ...
