SOCIOLOGY
PAMANTASAN NG CABUYAO
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (SOCSCI 1)
Mrs. Daryl D. Legion
Handout 1
Auguste Comte – father of sociology
An early nineteenth-century French philosopher who conceived the word sociology in 1839 he intended to name the new science as social physics, but rejected the term after a Belgian scholar Adolphe Quetelet called his area of endeavor social physics
What is Sociology?
A combination of Latin and Greek; socio (society) and logy (study on a high level)
Sociology means the study of society (men/human beings in interdependence) on a highly generalized abstract level.
The unit of sociological study is never an individual, but at least two individuals somehow related to one another. It is interested in what happens when man meets man.
Definition of Sociology
The study of social relation that affects human behavior.
The science of society and the social interactions taking place in it. It focuses attention on all kinds of social interactions: social acts, social relationships, social organization, social structures and social processes. The social facts it gathers include the recurrent repetitive forms of behavior: attitudes, beliefs, values, norms and social order.
Importance of Sociology
1. Sociological information enables us to understand our society more objectively and to see our place in it.
2. The study of sociology enables us to learn application of scientific information to daily life and problems.
3. It helps us to replace superstitions and misinformation by accurate knowledge about human behavior.
Early Sociologists
1. Auguste Comte (1798-1867) – he believed that sociology would enable men to achieve social harmony .
2. Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) – An English philosopher who believed that one could learn a great deal about social growth by comparing primitive groups with more advanced groups.
3. Karl Marx (1848-1883) - A German who saw history as involving a series of struggles between different
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (SOCSCI 1)
Mrs. Daryl D. Legion
Handout 1
Auguste Comte – father of sociology
An early nineteenth-century French philosopher who conceived the word sociology in 1839 he intended to name the new science as social physics, but rejected the term after a Belgian scholar Adolphe Quetelet called his area of endeavor social physics
What is Sociology?
A combination of Latin and Greek; socio (society) and logy (study on a high level)
Sociology means the study of society (men/human beings in interdependence) on a highly generalized abstract level.
The unit of sociological study is never an individual, but at least two individuals somehow related to one another. It is interested in what happens when man meets man.
Definition of Sociology
The study of social relation that affects human behavior.
The science of society and the social interactions taking place in it. It focuses attention on all kinds of social interactions: social acts, social relationships, social organization, social structures and social processes. The social facts it gathers include the recurrent repetitive forms of behavior: attitudes, beliefs, values, norms and social order.
Importance of Sociology
1. Sociological information enables us to understand our society more objectively and to see our place in it.
2. The study of sociology enables us to learn application of scientific information to daily life and problems.
3. It helps us to replace superstitions and misinformation by accurate knowledge about human behavior.
Early Sociologists
1. Auguste Comte (1798-1867) – he believed that sociology would enable men to achieve social harmony .
2. Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) – An English philosopher who believed that one could learn a great deal about social growth by comparing primitive groups with more advanced groups.
3. Karl Marx (1848-1883) - A German who saw history as involving a series of struggles between different