Identify the arguments and evidence used by sociologists to support the claim that human behaviour is determined largely by social factors. "A social fact is... capable of exerting over the individual an external constraint... whilst ...exsit[ing] [on] its own" (Durkheim, 1982). Social facts are external stimuli that determine and influence the behaviour of the society. August Comte argued that sociology should not be concerned with examining internal meanings, motives or emotions of societal members. Mental …
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…man while he is speaking far less disagreeing with him, certain jobs are closed to them and their world would more or less revolve around keeping their husbands and families happy. In conclusion, social factors do possess the ability to determine human behaviour. Through social institutions and agencies, the individual is taught from the behavioural patterns of his/her society. Thus subject identity is a social construction and not a natural one as sociobiologists claim.