SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY
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SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY
THREE SOCIAL SCIENCES THAT EXPLORE GROUP
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
THREE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
• ANTHROPOLOGY
• PSYCHOLOGY
• SOCIOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
• EXAMINES GROUP SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN DETAIL
• RECORDS FOR ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
• ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT SEEK OR ENCOURAGE CHANGE
PSYCHOLOGY
• EXAMINES BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SOCIAL DYSFUNCTION
• RECORDS DYSFUNCTION FOR BOTH ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
• SEEKS RESOLUTION OF DYSFUNCTION – TYPICALLY ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS
SOCIOLOGY
• EXAMINES GROUP SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN DETAIL
• RECORDS FINDINGS FOR ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT/CORPORATE AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
• SEEKS CHANGE AND RESOLUTION OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS EXAMINED
WHY STUDY GROUP SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIOR?
• HISTORY OF NECESSITY FOR AND USE OF SYSTEMS OF CONTROL TO MAINTAIN SOCIETY –
• PRIMARY HISTORICAL SYSTEM FOR CONTROL: RELIGION
RELIGION
“DIEU AND MON DROIT”
NEITHER REASON NOR RATIONAL ANALYSIS REQUIRED
STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND FAILURE
OBVIOUS FAILURE EMERGES AS SOCIETY EVOLVES FROM AGRARIAN
TO INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES
REASON AND RATIONALITY
• EVOLVES FROM “THE ENLIGHTENMENT”
• AMERICAN ADHERANTS INCLUDE COLONIAL PATRIOTS
• ABSTRACT GENERALIZATIONS REPLACED BY RELIANCE ON SCIENCE
EMERGENCE OF SOCIOLOGY
• REJECTION OF NON-RATIONAL CONSTRUCTS
• SEARCH FOR SCIENTIFIC METHOD FOR STUDYING HUMAN BEHAVIOR
• RELIANCE ON EMPIRICISM– AUGUSTE COMTE
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
• Conflict Theory
• Functional Theory
• Symbolic Interaction