max weber

Question 1

types of action

Answer 1

traditional - action that is custom or habit
affectual - action that is expressed by an emotional state
value-rational - action towards a goal the person regards as desirable
instrumentally rational - a highly rational form of action where people calculate the most efficient means of achieving a given goal

Question 2

verstehen

Answer 2

• this is the term given to describe the individual human experience
• another way to think about this is an interpretative or subjective understanding of the relationship between others and the wider social sphere in society
• social facts, the rules and norms we take for granted and know as acceptable, are created by the individuals and not the outside institutes

Question 3

ideal types

Answer 3

• it is important to point out that in everyday life, a given behaviour or course of conduct is likely to exhibit characteristics of more than one type of social action
• for example, someone may want to work as a nurse as it provides a salary but also because they receive great satisfaction in helping others
• these two categories of social action serve as ideal types

Question 4

bureaucratic theory

Answer 4

• according to the bureaucratic theory of max weber, such a structure was indispensable in large organisations in structurally performing all tasks by a great number of employees
• in addition, selection and promotion only occur on the basis of technical qualifications , it is argued that the most successful bureaucracies was developed by the nazis during the holocaust

Question 5

symbolic interactionism

Answer 5

the symbol - people interpret the same symbols in many different ways
the self concept - the looking glass self and developed through thinking about how others see us
game playing and role taking - we actively act out roles, we don’t just passively accept them
the interaction - involves taking on the role of the others, this is complex