SOC 1100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Incest Taboo, Stepfamily, Erving Goffman

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Sociological perspective: reveals the power of society to shape individual lives. What we often think as personal choice (i. e. going to college) is affected by social forces. Peter berger: described sociological perspective as seeing the general in particular : wright mills: called sociological perspective the sociological imagination , claiming it transforms personal troubles into public issues. Global perspective: the study of the larger world and our society"s place in it. Research by sociologists plays an important role in shaping public policy. Sociology helps us see opportunities and limits in our lives and empowers us to be active citizens on a personal level. Origins of sociology: rapid social change in the 18th and 19th century helped develop sociology, especially the rise of an industrial economy, growth of cities and political change. Women made contributions to sociology as early as the 1500"s. Auguste comte: named sociology in 1838 to describe a new way of looking at society.