SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY THREE SOCIAL SCIENCES THAT

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