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