Society and Culture with Family Planning & HIV/SARS Prevention (SSCI 101)

Leonessa D. TabiosLecturerlgdelarosa@ama.edu.ph

1. Describe the differences of the three sociological perspectives

2. Provide specific example/s of the sociological perspectives in the context of Philippine society.

3. Create a story incorporating the concept of sociological perspectives.

Sociological Perspective

It is the lens that an

individual choose to view

the scope of society from

It scrutinizes every detail of society in the

context of social interaction, social

issues such as conflict and provide different views of social life.

Sociological perspectives give

us a clue as to why events happen.

Three Major Sociological Perspectives

Kinship Religion

Economics Politics

Views society as a whole unit, made up of related part that work together.

The society is composed of many parts, each with its own function, according to Durkheim

To understand society we need

to look at both structure and

function.

Structural Functionalism

Robert Merton used the following terms to describe the effects of social elements to society.

functional• When elements contribute benefits and social

stability

dysfunctional• If elements cause harm and disrupts social

stability

2 types of functionManifest function – actions that are intended to help some parts of the system.

Latent function – have unforeseen consequence that help a system adjust.

Conflict perspectiveViews society as a system composed of different parts or groups which has interests that are different and conflicting.

Karl Marx, the founder of conflict theory, said that

human history was founded on struggle.

Assumptions of Conflict

theory1. If you have interaction, you have

conflict.2. Conflict and change are normal,

inevitable and ubiquitous (everywhere).

3. Conflict is endemic.4. There is a scarcity of resources.5. Human societies consist of varying

degrees of inherently unequal elements.

Symbolic Interactionism

The central idea of this theory is that symbols

are the key to understanding how we

view the world & communicate with one

another.Sociologist W.I. Thomas (1966) emphasized the importance of definitions and meaningsin social behavior and its consequences.

The Looking Glass Self By Charles Cooley

Human beings form their very selves from the reflections and responses gained by their earliest behaviors visited upon the "other," or any participant in one's earliest socialization.

3 Main Components 1. One imagines how they

appear to others.2. One imagines the judgment

that others may be making regarding that appearance.

3. One develops a self-image via their reflection; that is, the judgments or critique of others.