HLTH 107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Achieved Status, Qualitative Sociology, Auguste Comte
3 Apr 2016
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Systemaic study of social behaviour of individuals and the behaviour of groups and organizaions. Sociological perspecive: a view of society based on the dynamic relaionships between individuals and the larger social network in which we all live. Understanding human and group behaviour by focusing on two aspects : 1) people live in social groups and social organizaions or social structure . (2) phenomenon of culture . Culture and social structures explain the repeiive paterns of the behaviour of individuals. Diferent: personaliies, biologies, self-concepts but same behaviour in the social structure. Behave diferently at diferent places cause of diferent norms, rules and cultures. Suggested that people who do not, or cannot, recognize the social origins and character of their problems may be unable to respond to them. Failing to appreciate how individuals challenges are inluenced by larger social forces diminishes a person ability to understand and resolve them. Individual and the social are linked and must understand both.
