SYG 1000 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Wishful Thinking, Tobacco Smoking, Thomas Theorem
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The study of society: the sociological perspective = understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context. Stresses the social context in which we live in -> how these contexts influence out lives: our experiences. Na ve realism = assuming everyone sees the world the same way. Influences = education, family, where we grew up, peer groups (very influential), gender/sex. No -> stanley milligram electric shock experiment. Origin of sociology: industrial revolution = major social changes. Prior to enlightenment people viewed the world from a traditional perspective -> never questioned what had always been. People start to question -> kingdoms fall -> other revolutions start -> American, french, etc: father of sociology -> auguste comte. Positivism = applying the scientific method to the social world. Knowing how society works can lead to social reform: herbert spencer. Father of social darwinism -> survival of the fittest.