Chapter 1 What is sociology? Seeks to explain‚ describe‚ and predict human behavior Not concerned with individual human beings Concerned with human beings in reaction to other human beings Puts emphasis on group behavior (two or more people) (small group/large groups) Looks at group social interaction‚ social behavior an influence of social structures on people How old is sociology? 200 years Why did sociology (as social science develop)? Who was the founding father
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CHAPTER 1 Why do couples marry? Opposites attract? Birds of a feather flock together? OR BIRDS!!! We marry people very much like ourselves!!! Same - age - racial category - social class - educational level - level of physical attractiveness THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF HUMAN SOCIETY THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION C.WRIGHT MILLS 3. SEEING INDIVIDUALITY IN SOCIAL CONTEXT 2. SEEING THE STRANGE IN THE FAMILIAR 1. SEEING THE GENERAL IN THE PARTICULAR 1) Helps us critically assess
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Chance H Smith Sociology 101 Sociology Chapter 1 Outline Understanding Social Context * Sociological Perspective; Understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context * “The sociological imagination enables us to grasp the connection between history and biography” -Wright Mills * Social Location; The group memberships that people have because their location in history and society Influences * External influences; are your experiences – becomes part of
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Chapter One: Meaning‚ Nature‚ and Scope of Sociology 1.1 Definition Sociology is a new branch of social science‚ which primarily focused on society (social behavior). The term Sociology comes from the Latin “socius” meaning “companionship” and the Greek “logos”‚ meaning “science or study”. Literally‚ therefore‚ sociology means the study or the science of human society1. Sociology concerns on human behavior seeking to discover the causes and effects that arise in social relations among persons
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Part 1 Harriet Martineau brought sociology to the English speaking world Wrote first systematic methodological treatise in sociology Came to America and was shocked by what she saw saying that it wasn’t as equal as she thought it was wrote Society in America WEB Du Bois Harvard PhD-first African American to receive one The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line encouraged people to understand other people’s lives‚ from their perspective Social Theory There
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Sociology 101 Rogers and Yan 8/27/12 What makes you‚ you? We Study: Sports Music Religion Medicine What is sociology? 1. The study of human society 2. Examines the relationship between history and biography 3. Uses the scientific method 4. Looks at social structures‚ patterns‚ and meaning Original Founders of Sociology Augste Compte 1798-1857 One of the first people to try to understand society and morality using science rather than theology He thought there could be a kind
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1. The childhood anecdote from the beginning of the chapter shows that racial prejudices and differences are not inborn and they are a result of the way that society shaped a persons image of the different races. Based on this assumption‚ it is safe to believe that a non-white three year old would be likely to bring home a white “baby sister” because the three year old wouldn’t realize that there is a difference. White people are put at an advantage with an “invisible knapsack of privileges”.
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The new medical sociology. Social forms of health and illness – Bryan Turner Introduction “Sociology is the scientific study of social institutions” (p. xiii)‚ and these social institutions are cluster of roles‚ norms‚ power‚ and knowledge which determine how we experience the social life‚ this means that social institutions mark how we have to behave and think. In this way‚ medicine is a social institution (p. xiii). Moreover‚ medicine is a social institution of normative coercion‚ and
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Mikaela Duguil Period: 6 Chapter 1 Cornell notes 1. What was not an important goal of the early English explorers and colonists? It was not an important goal to build a new nation. 2. Discuss the factors that transformed the colonist and caused them to envision and creating an independent nation: common bonds‚ language‚ farmers‚ untouched by tyranny of royal authority‚ official religion and social hierarchy‚ individual freedom‚ and willingness to subjugate to others. 3. What factors divided the colonists
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This chapter was an overall background of to the rest of the book and it gave you just a quick peek into what is criminology‚ how did it become‚ what exactly do criminologists do and why they do it. There were so many different aspects into the history or criminologists and crime that you could easily get lost. The authors wanted to make sure you were able to tie the history of how theories came about to some of the actual things we face in today’s crimes. As you know history is from the start of
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