TurnItIn.com - submit using the assignment link under Assignments The purpose of this assignment is to record your life for one day and critically discuss how you are an actor in society; how you affect your social surroundings; and‚ how your daily life is shaped and constrained by society. This will allow you engage with many of the sociological concepts reviewed to-date including newer concepts such as impression management‚ stage theory and emotional labor. Explain why you needed
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societies many idiosyncrasies structure the social congregation which has directly or indirectly led to gender inequalities. A plethora of literature is available on various aspects of gender but this particular study focuses on perceptive reality‚ an area which has not been addressed. This study is conducted in four categories of jobs viz.‚ education‚ media‚ administration and medicine & health to capture whether any difference exists between what is spelt out theoretically and what is the perceptive
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Structural Functionalism (Herbert Spencer) is a sociological theory that attempts to explain why society functions the way it does by focusing on the relationships between the various social institutions that make up society (e.g.‚ government‚ law‚ education‚ religion‚ etc) Structural Functionalism is a theoretical understanding of society that posits social systems are collective means to fill social needs. In order for social life to survive and develop in society there are a number of activities
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Outline and Evaluate one or more explanations of why people obey It has been found by Milgram that people obey for four main reasons these are; legitimate authority‚ the momentum of compliance‚ the agentic shift and passivity. The first reason that Milgram found that people obey is because people feel like they have to obey someone if they have a high social status or a highly respected job‚ this is called legitimate authority. Bickman (1974) supported this theory by doing an experiment on the
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Sociological Theories A sociological theory is a set of ideas that provides an explanation for human society. Theories are selective in terms of their priorities and perspectives and the data they define as significant. As a result they provide a particular and partial view of reality. Sociological theories can be grouped together according to a variety of criteria. The most important of these is the distinction between Structural and Social action theories. Structural or macro perspectives
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EXAMINE SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF THE WAYS IN WHICH ETHNICITY MAY SHAPE SOCIAL IDENTITY INTRO: DEFINE CONCEPTS OF ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL IDENTITY. FEATURES OF ETHNIC MINORITY IDENTITY: PHYSICAL FEATURES SUCH AS SKIN COLOUR; SHARED LANGUAGE; RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; EXPERIENCE OF RACISM. ETHNICITY MAY BE SOURCE OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY (DESPITE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION) – IMPACT LIFE CHANCES OF MEMBERS OF E/MIN GROUPS. SUB CULTURES. SOME SOCIOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT ETHNICITY IS A SIGNIFICANT SHAPING
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Outline and evaluate one or more social psychological explanations for aggression. There are many social psychological explanations for aggression that try and explain the cause of aggression. The social learning theory originated from work by Tarde who looked at key characteristics of imitation and the ways in which our social behaviours and responses could be shaped by the actions of others. Bandura developed this theory and thought it had four basic processes; attention‚ retention‚ reproduction
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Outline and evaluate research into Conformity as an explanation of Human Social Behaviour “Conforming” is when a person changes the way they act and think to fit in with the majority of people in a group to gain acceptance. Kelman (1958) said that there are 3 types of conformity‚ Compliance‚ which means going along with others to gain approval and avoid rejection and accepting the group view in public but not private. Identification is conforming to someone who is liked and respected and Internalisation
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Why is health so difficult to define? - determining whether or not someone is healthy is not an easy matter. Health is personal‚ social and emotional. It touches everyone in an important way. For most people health becomes a topic of interest only in its absence. This is the negative definition of health. The positive definition is much different. It is viewed as a capacity‚ and optimistic view‚ where health is as state of well-being. The World Health Organization (W.H.O) shares this definition
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Outline and evaluate restoration explanations for the functions of sleep [8 + 16] intro: Aleep is divided into several different stages. SWS and REM sleep are associated with particular benefits. Oswald (1980) proposed that each of these had different functions - slow wave sleep enables body repair and REM enables brain recovery. SWS – initiates body repair (Oswald) Growth hormone – important in childhood because it stimulates physical growth. Important throughout lifespan for protein synthesis
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