Consumerism: Human beings always keep the money as secondary when there is a desire to acquire material possessions whatever the financial situation is. Consumption, as we all know is one of the activities of the economy without which industrialisation cannot be achieved. But, when we consider society engaging in the consumption of goods, we cannot […]
Introduction to sociology
Self-fulfilling prophecy : Explained with Examples
The self-fulfilling prophecy is an expectation about something or a prediction that later becomes true due to the terms of the prophecy itself. Although the prophecy might not be true initially, the positive feedback between belief and the behavior results in the initial false conception turn true. It affects the way people behave in the […]
Value Added Theory: Explained with Examples
The value-added theory recommends that for any social movement to emerge, certain determinants are necessary. This theory was developed by Neil Smelser and he proposed six determinants responsible for the development of a social movement. These six conditions, he believed, helped to give rise to collective behaviour. The first stage is that of structural conduciveness […]
SocioBiology: E. O. Wilson
The discipline that studies the biological aspects of social behaviour among animals and humans scientifically and the way they evolve is known as sociobiology. It assumes social behaviour to have been resulting from evolution. So, it aims to study and explain the social behaviours within that context. The term emerged in the 1940s. However, only […]
Marx’s concept of “Fetishism of commodities”
“One morning, I shot a capitalist in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I will never know.”-Marx The fetishism of commodities was a concept given by Karl Marx in his critique of the political economy. In colonial times, fetishism was a term used to describe inanimate objects that possessed fantastical powers in indigenous […]
What is Medical Sociology?
The branch of sociology that deals with the study and analysis of medical organizations and institutions, and the way in which social and cultural factors affect the domains of health and medicine, in sociological terms is called medical sociology. It is sometimes, also referred to as health sociology. It helps in producing knowledge about various […]
Micro sociology and Macro sociology – Explanation
Sociology can be understood as the study of the social structures, their functioning, and development in society. Micro sociology and macro sociology are its two levels of analysis in studying society. The branch of sociology which is concerned with the study of small scale processes going on in the society like social interaction between humans […]
