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Theory & Deviance: Crash Course Sociology
Last week we introduced deviance as a concept, but today we’re going return to our major paradigms in sociology and how each approaches deviance. We’ll explore how structural functionalism sees deviance fulfilling a function in society;...
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Education In Society: Crash Course Sociology
Today we’ll explore the history of education as a social institution, with a specific focus on how the US organizes its educational system. We’ll look at education through the lenses of some sociological paradigms: structural...
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Major Sociological Paradigms: Crash Course Sociology
This week we introduce sociology’s three major theoretical paradigms, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each paradigm.
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Sophia: Sociological Theory: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain, define and discuss the key ideas and the basic components of Sociological Theory a theoretical approach; macro-level orientation, and micro-level orientation will be defined. A brief overview to identify the...
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Sophia: Structural Functional Theory: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain, define and discuss the key ideas and the basic components of structural functional theory and identify as a macro-level orientation. Social structure and social function will be defined. Emile Durkheim's work on...
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Crash Course Sociology #2: Major Sociological Paradigms
This video focuses on the introduction of sociology's three major theoretical paradigms: Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Symbolic Interactionism, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each paradigm.
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Crash Course Sociology #19: Theory & Deviance
This video [9:45] focuses on theory and deviance; it is the 19th episode of the sociology course. In the last lesson, we introduced deviance as a concept, but today we're going return to our major paradigms in sociology and how each...
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Crash Course Sociology #22: Why Is There Social Stratification?
This video focuses on social stratification; it is the 22nd episode of the sociology course. It returns to the three sociological paradigms. How to structural functionalism, social conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism each think...
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Sophia: Sociological Theory: Lesson 5
This lesson will explain, define and discuss the key ideas and the basic components of Sociological Theory a theoretical approach; macro-level orientation, and micro-level orientation will be defined. A brief overview to identify the...
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Sophia: Structural Functionalism: Manifest and Latent Functions: Lesson 2
This lesson will summarize the contributions of Robert Merton's development of manifest and latent functions. The definitions of social functions, manifest functions, latent functions, and social dysfunction will be delineated. It is 2...
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Sophia: Structural Functionalism: Manifest and Latent Functions: Lesson 4
This lesson will summarize the contributions of Robert Merton's development of manifest and latent functions. The definitions of social functions, manifest functions, latent functions, and social dysfunction will be delineated. It is 4...
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Sophia: Structural Functional Theory: Lesson 1
This lesson will explain, define and discuss the key ideas and the basic components of structural functional theory and identify as a macro-level orientation. Social structure and social function will be defined. Emile Durkheim's work on...