What is meant by Weber's "Action Theory?" In your Answer refer to Weber's types of Action and explain what they are.
             Max Weber was the first Sociologist to conceptualize social behavior and social life in terms of action and interaction. Webers Action theory is broken down into four modes of orientation: Rational action, Evaluative Action, Affective Action, and Traditional Action.
             The first typology of action is Rational Action. Rational Action is when people are motivated by desire to achieve maximum efficiency. An example of this type of thinking is demonstrated when an individual asks himself, "What is the most cost effective way?" This mode of thinking is Rational Action.
             Evaluative Action is the main orientation is the achieved values. An example of this typology as discussed in class is religion. "Salvation is the achievement of a higher level."
             The third typology is Affective Action. This action is attained in emotions. An example of this type of action is in an audience's response, a rebel, a revolution, mobs, or crowd's reaction to a bad referee call. These actions are purely out of emotion.
             The fourth and final typology is Traditional Action. Traditional action is a behavior oriented towards tradition. This action is not considered to be as important as the others are.
             These four actions are what Max Weber devoted much of his time to developing when he studied social action.
             Compare and Contrast: Durkheim and Weber's contributions to Sociological Theory. More specifically, compare and contrast Durkheim's emphasis on privacy/ importance of the Group and Webers emphasis on social action.
             Max Weber defined sociology or Verstehen as "the science which aims at interpretive understanding." "Sociology can be achieved only by discovering the subjective meanings that individuals give to their own behavior and to the behavior of others." ...