Sociology is defined as the scientific study of human society and social behavior although whether to classify sociology as a science has been debatable. French philosopher Auguste Comte first coined the term in 1838 from the Greek word ‘socio’ meaning interaction or association of individual and the Latin word ‘logy’ meaning study of a particular subject. Science is the systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation. Methodology used in science
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the demand sides of the labour market in Nigeria. On the supply side‚ there is the rapidly growing urban labour force arising from rural-urban migration. Rural-urban migration is usually explained in terms of push-pull factors. The push factors include the pressure resulting from man-land ratio in the rural areas‚ and the existence of serious underemployment arising from seasonal cycle of climate. The factors are further strengthened in Nigeria by lack of infrastructural facilities‚ which
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request or command‚ or in a form of a question. Such proposition expressed overtly or covertly must create a relevance to the expected information of the persuadee in order to achieve an efficient persuasive communication between the two participants. This is supported by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson as they put it “communication information comes with
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• What Sociology is NOT… o Social Work Sociology is not designed to help people. • Work is objective‚ if it ends up helping people‚ great. o Socialism o Statistics Getting the number is the easy part‚ done by the computer. We want to know what to do with the number • This is where Sociology comes in. o Therapy One might spend time studying a successful marriage; however a Sociologist is not interested in hearing about a specific marriage’s problems. • Sociologists do not help
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Sociology and Its Aim Sociology is the scientific study of society and human behavior. This is the most basic definition of sociology that one would find. Getting a little more in depth‚ it is the study of humans in groups and how they interact with one another. A scientist in this field‚ a sociologist‚ would look at these groups by means of the sociological perspective. This involves looking at a certain behavior like you have never witnessed it before. If done correctly the sociologist
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MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL SCALE INDIGENOUS PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA TABLE OF CONTENT Title page Certification Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of content CHAPTER ONE 0. INTRODUCTION OF “MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL SCALE INDIGENOUS PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA 1. Background of the Study 2. Statement of the problem 3. Objective of the Study 4. Research Hypothesis 5. Scope of the Study 6. Significance of the Study
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“Sociology cannot and should not be a science”. To what extent do sociological arguments and evidence support this view? This statement‚ stating that sociology is not a science‚ is debated throughout sociology by two theoretical positions; positivism and interpretivism. The Positivist theory is based on the idea that explanations for events or people should be based on empirical scientific methods. They see the world as full of testable realities and use quantitative methods to try and support their
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Title:The gummi bears Experiment Question : Will gummi bears lose weight in acidic water? Hypothesis : I think that gummy bears will not lose weight in acidic water. Materials: 9 gummi bears acidic water 3 cups timer water scale Procedure: 1. Im gonna get 3 cups and fill one with 40 ml of water‚ one with 40 ml acidic water and one with 20 ml of acidic water and 20 ml with water. 2. Next I’m gonna record the weight of each gummy bear. 3. Then
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Pioneers of Sociology * Karl Marx He said that the working class will defeat the ownership class‚ and result in a utopia where government will wither away to nothing and the principle of economics will be based on "For each according to his needs‚ and from each according to his ability." His contribution to thinking in sociology is mainly in a perspective called "Conflict Theory" in which social organisation and change is based upon conflicts built into society. Many people see this as having
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