Sociology

Sociology can be defined as a study of human behaviour or a study of people's interactions.
A sociological perspective is a way of seeing the world that helps to understand the social realities which make up the field of Sociology.
This video tells about the principles of the sociology and about sociological paradigms.

Basically, there are 3 Paradigms of Sociology: Structure Functionalism, Marxism and Symbolic interactionism

1. Structure Functionalists beleive that society exists as a whole system and each part of the system has its own function. All parts work interdependently for the benefit of the whole system. Society is looked at as an 'organism', where all organs work together to mantain the live of the organism.

2. Marxism (or Conflict Theory) states that conflict is unavoidable part of the society. Marxists beleive that society is represented by inequal parts (dominant and secondary segments) which compete with each other for scarce resources rather than cooperate for the benefit of the society.

3.Symbolic Interactionism investigates the interaction of different social groups and individuals as the means of recreating the society. It belives that society is a product of the interaction of our values, morals, symbolic meanings etc.