Theories dr sumai

• Sociological knowledge allow nurse to enhance the quality patient care
• 3 primary theoretical perspective

  • Functionalist
  • Conflict
  • Symbolic interactionist
• Augustus comte

  A social physics
• Comtes positivism

  • Theological
  • Metaphysical state
  • Positive
• Emile Durkheim

  Functionalism
• Functionalism

  Society values and norms provide the rule and laws
• Karl Max

  Conflict (social order)
• Conflict is driven by social change
• Two main concern are ;

  Economic wealth

  Power
• Conflict theory

  Pyramid structure

  -Elite at the top
• Emile Durkheim

  Economics inequalities of the capitalist were source of conflict
• Max Weber suggest political power and social status effect conflict
• Functionalism vs conflict theory

  • Functionalism aspect of society function while conflict unequal distribution of resources
  • Functionalism all element of society are interpendent with each other while conflicts trigger the social change
  • Pioneer Emile Durkheim while pioneer is Karl Max
• George Herbert Mead

  Symbolic interaction
• Symbolic interaction

  Communication influence the symbol way of people interaction

  symbol the root of society
• Symbol

  Object,emotion, process in real world
• Interaction

  -meaning of symbol is interpreted and modifies through social interaction
• Conflict theory of functionism

  Power indicate whom are functional and who are not
• Conflict theory of symbolic interactionism

  People who have power create lables and assign them to others
• Functionalism (work together)

  Societies work together to maintain stability and order
• Conflict theory

  Society characterized inequality between groups and think about social change
• Symbolic interaction

  How individual interact with one another and create meaningful symbol and languange
• Norms vs values

  • Behaviour that society belief while values values behaviour that individual belief
  • Norms vary the society with society while values vary individual with individual
  • Norms specific guidelines while values general guidelines
  • Norms accepted standard of behaviour while values help decided wrong or right
  • Example norms,close mouth when cough,shake hand when meet while values,honesty ,courage
• Socialism

  Democracy and liberty
• Communism

  Equal societies
• Animism

  Belief in existence of good and bad souls,ancient religion often used spells and evil spirit
• Polytheism

  Workship more than one god
• Polytheism

  • Chinese folk
  • Taoism
  • Shenism
  • Japanese Shinto
  • Traditional Africa religion
• Monotheism

  Workship to one god
• Monotheism

  • Islam
  • Christan
  • Judism
• Norm

  • Average level of development
  • Something that usual or expected