Define the term “social facts” and using examples, like your own life as a framework, briefly describe the “social facts” present in your own life, and how they operate. You may use another subject matter if you do not feel comfortable using your own life.
What will be an ideal response?
Durkheim emphasized that, while the primary domain of psychology is to understand processes internal to the individual (e.g., personality or instincts), the primary domain of sociology is “social facts”: that is, conditions and circumstances external to the individual that, nevertheless, determine that individual’s course of action. As a scientist, Durkheim advocated a systematic and methodical examination of social facts and their impact on individuals. Individual students’ answers will vary but each should identify some power, force, or institution within his or her own life which plays a part in how he or she acts, feels, or thinks.
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What will be an ideal response?
State-centered theories argue that
A) Poverty in countries is largely due to cultural failings of their people. B) Government should stay out of economic development. C) Government policies play a key role in economic development. D) The disparity between wealthy and poor countries is largely a result of economic exploitation.
What are the reasons to learn about communication, gender, and culture?
What will be an ideal response?
In modern industrial society, the state:
a. is responsible for social control, protection of citizens, and goals for the society. b. protects against outside threats, distributes taxes to business developers, and operates services. c. sets goals for the society as a whole, profits from services, and sanctions social controls. d. is not really necessary, but we still have a tax system to manage. e. protects the rich, punishes the poor, and enforces work codes.