SOCL 2001 : Sociology Notes For Exam 1
Document Summary
Sociology imagination/perspective- something you think or wish to think about the situations: Michael brown shooting and the following protest/riots in ferguson, mo. St. louis is not a thriving city due to economy. Sociological perspectives on: katrina/earthquake (race, gender, fear of crime, social network, effect on poverty, social order, and comparative perspectives) Females are much better at making social networks. Poverty rate in nola is lower now than before katrina. Gained a lot of new people with money. The scientific study of social relationships, social institutions, and society. There is a difference between humanities and social sciences the difference is data. Often called empirical, based on existence than ideas. Macro- and micro- sociology: social institutions vs. interactions. Sociology and common sense (marriage and divorce, capital punishment and murder rates, race and suicide, etc. ) Suicide- white male more likely to commit suicide then bm, wf, bf. Exchange, you bring girl to dinner you don"t get anything in return you end up leaving.
