by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Sociology and Science
In pairs, find out about other theories that have been falsified and how this was done. For example: Investigate the theory of alchemy (turning base metal into gold). Investigate the theory of the body ‘humours’ as the basis of medicine.
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Sociology and Science
Part A Go to the BBC website to watch a video-clip and read about the ‘detox myth’ (you will need to scroll down that page for the video-clip). Then discuss these questions in pairs: How might the concept of detox help to sell products? Are there other products apart...
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Sociology and Science
Social phenomena that are external to and greater than the individual and that act on and constrain the individual’s behaviour and consciousness. Because they see large-scale social structures as social facts that are the external cause of individuals’ behaviour....
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Globalisation A2
Find evidence of your own contact with globalisation: Look at the labels in your clothes/shoes and find four different countries in which they have been produced. Identify four events in distant parts of the world that you have seen on TV in the last month. Identify...
by John Amy | Mar 19, 2014 | Globalisation A2
Dominic Strinati (1995) identifies five main features of current popular culture that reflect postmodern influences. These are: A breakdown of the distinction between culture and society. For example, media images increasingly dominate our sense of reality and how we...
