SOCIOL 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Public Sociology, Social Fact, Data Analysis
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Sociology: study of companions; study of group life and aspects of individual life affected by group interaction. Social structure: patterns of social relationships and behaviors that work as a system to constrain individual choice; give us familiar and predictable shape, plan our lives. Social fact: durkheim- external limitations that affect an individual which contributes to the shaping of a well defined social institution; define the social structures of a society; external, coercive, resistance can lead to consequences, widespread, exist independently. Social institution: institutions are structures and mechanisms of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human collectivity. Concepts: building blocks of sociological interpretation, probable not concrete (ex: gender) Theories: set of statements or propositions that seek to explain or predict a particular aspect of social life, explains relationship between 2 or more concepts. Hypothesis: researchable proposition that specifies the relationship between 2 or more variables.
