1. Unit 7 – Sociological Perspectives for Health and Social Care
Introduction to Sociology

2. What is Sociology? The study of society
Focus on groups and social structures found in society
Interested in how groups influence behaviour

3. Sociology a visual introduction …

4. What do these images suggest about society?

5. What do these images suggest about society?

6. What do these images suggest about society?

7. Unit Outcomes On completion of this unit you will be able to …
1 Understand sociological perspectives
2 Understand sociological approaches to health and social care.

8. Lesson Objectives By the end of the lesson all students will be
able to:
Define the term sociology
Describe key sociological terminology

9. Key Terms Culture The attitudes and behaviour that are
characteristic of a particular social group
Norms
Behavioural expectations within a social
group
Deviant
People who do not conform to the norms of
the social group

10. Key Terms Primary Socialisation
Learning the norms of society from family
members
Secondary Socialisation
Learning the norms of society from other
agents e.g. teachers, peers, media e.t.c.
Social Structures
The building blocks of society e.g. family,
education system, NHS

11. Key Terms Social Diversity
The differences that exist between individuals
within a society e.g. race, gender, class
Social Groups
The different groups that you are a member
of e.g. student, chav, muslim e.t.c.
Social Roles
The expectations on how you will behave
that are set by the social group
Social Status
The individual’s position in society compared to
others

12. Social Roles
In any one day a person will usually ‘play’ several different roles. What roles have you ‘played’ today ?

13. Social Status What standing do you have in society?
Of course the different roles in our life come with a different status.

14. P1 task – Use publisher in microsoft or word
In order to achieve P1, you will need to create an informative booklet on the following sociological perspectives:
Functionalism,
Marxism,
Feminism,
Interactionism,
Collectivism,
New right,
Postmodernism.

15. P1 Task – Deadline
For each of those theories, you will need to ensure that you have the following information.
Name of the sociological perspective,
Key terminology in the perspective,
Key ideas surrounding the perspective,
2 strengths of the perspective,
2 weaknesses of the perspective.
Example in context

16. P1 task
You will need to identify all the sources which you have used in order to gather the information required and feel free to use the information from my away morning task (grid).
Useful sites: