SOC 1010- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 54 pages long!)

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1010
• Professor: Lovaglia Michael

Document Summary

Addicts behave in ways that interfere w/ supportive social relationships. Inequality is a major focus of research in soc. Sociology- the study of human behavior in society. People coping w/ stress created by society. Sociological perspective- the ability to see the strange in the familiar. Professionals have the ability to intervene into different peoples lives & different. Everything around us motivates the way everyone behaves. Sociologists want to make the world better. The sociological perspective- seeing the general in the particular. Sociologists find common behaviors from society in individuals. Suicide , by emile durkheim, showed that most personal decisions are profoundly influenced by societal forces. Durkheim"s theory: who you are determines how likely you are to commit suicide. Durkheim theorized that people embedded in a supporting social network would be less likely to commit suicide than those who are independent. Social research is autobiographical- dealing with the writer"s own life. It is indignified for scientists to guess at something.