| Term | Definition |
|---|
| the four paradigms | post moderism, conflict theory, symbloic interactionism, and functionalism |
| nature of reality | the nature of reality is both objective and subjective |
| objective | unbais, but not necesarily, hard science |
| subjective | believe that where you come from, you bais determines your views on reality |
| nature of society | believe that the dominate characteristic of society is conflict |
| Functionalism | sociology started with functionalism being dominate. they believe that everything in society has a function, and that society is like an organism. |
| Conflict theory | believes the nature of reality is conflict and that people were exploited, so that the have's could have more. |
| Symbolic Interactionism | a micro look at the world, the interactions between people. The symbols people us, and how they use them. How you learn and how society affects you. uses interviews and observations. |
| Post Moderism | Not very popular in america. agrees that the nature of reality is subjective, and that the nature of reality is conflict. People in power distort reality- the media, the goverment, teachers, educators, religion. |
| Social inequarry | Thomas Kutlin, the structure of scientific revoluton, 1962. in every discipline, there is some boundary of agreement as our boundary changes out science changes. |
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