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AListofSociologicalTheoriesandTheoryTypesThereareasmanytheoriesinsociologyasinotherdisciplinessuchaspsychology,physics,biologyorpolitical

science.

Complicating

things

for

students,

sociological

theories

that

explain

phenomena

of

interest

in

specialized

areasofstudyareoftenmistakenfortheoriesoriginatingfromthoseareas. Ihaveproducedalistofpossible

theorytypesandpopulartheoriesfromsociologytohelpyoustartlookingforpossiblesociologicaltheoriesto

applytoyourpapertopic.Thislistisnotcomprehensivenorareyoulimitedtoit.Someofthesetheoriesarein

yourtextbookandsomearenot.Butkeepinmind,theeasiestwaytoidentifyatheorytoapplyinyourpaperisto

reviewsociologicalbooksthataddressthesubjectofyourpaperagoodsourcewillofferseveral!

labelingtheory feministtheory

socialcontroltheory neutralizationanddrifttheory

Marxisttheory containmenttheory

anomietheory differentialassociationtheory

generalstraintheory cultureconflicttheory

deviantplacehypothesis routineactivitytheory

groundedtheory socialbehavioralism

collectiveactiontheories Relativedeprivationtheory

Valueaddedtheory Politicalprocesstheory

Frameanalysistheory Newsocialmovementtheory

rationalchoicetheory sociallearningtheory

radicaltheory socialdisorganizationtheory

differentialreinforcementtheory delinquentsubculturetheory

differentialopportunitytheory Conflicttheory

Criticaltheory Feministtheory

Functionalist

theory

social

structure

theory

Interpretivesociologicaltheory Weberianconflicttheory

Socialphenomenologicaltheory Sociologicalpositivism

Socialconstructionism Structuralfunctionalism

Symbolicinteractionism Brokenwindowstheory

opportunitytheory Cultureofpovertytheory

Dramaturgicaltheory primordialtheory

Deprivationtheory Masssocietytheory

Resourcemobilizationtheory Politicalprocesstheory

Culturetheory consensustheory

socialepidemiology rationalizationofsociety

disengagement

theory

activity

theory

culturaltransmissiontheory Bondingtheory

voluntarismtheory Worldsystemstheory