[SO 101] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (43 pages long!)
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Sociology is scientific, meaning that it is a way of learning about the world that combines logically constructed theory and systematic observation. Sociology: scientific study of human social relationships, groups, and societies: purpose: understand and generate new knowledge about human behavior, social relations, and social institutions. Social embeddedness: the idea that economic, political, and other forms of human behavior are fundamentally shaped by social relations. The sociological imagination makes the connection and steps away from single life experiences to see how powerful social forces are. Agency: the ability of individuals and groups to exercise free will and to make small scale or large scale social changes. 1) be willing to ask any question, no matter how difficult. 4) think about assumptions and biases, including one"s own, that underlie all studies. 6) be willing to admit when you are wrong or uncertain about results. Four interrelated historical developments giving birth to the modern world: scientific revolution.
