SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociological Perspectives, Critical Theory, Macrosociology

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1001
• Professor: William Flynn

Document Summary

Sociologists study how society affects people and how people affect society. Key insight of sociology: being in a group changes your behaviour. Sociology (dictionary definition): sociology is the systematic study of society and social interaction, derived from socius meaning companionship and greek word logos meaning speech/reason, which together mean reasoned speech about companionship . Dorothy smith: defines the social as the ongoing concerting and coordinating of individual"s activities , sociology is the systematic study those aspects of life that are designated by the adjective social . These aspects of life never simply occur, they are organized processes. Weather they be everyday actions or the largest and the most enduring interactions. If there are at least two people involved, then there is a social interaction that entails the ongoing concerting and coordinating activities . Society: a society is a group of people who interact, reside in a defined area and share a culture.