SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Forces, Scientific Revolution

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Sociology: systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Sociological perspective: refers to the unique way in which sociologists see our world and can dissfoct the dynamic relationships between individuals and the larger social network in which we. Macro sociology: refers to attempting to understand society as a whole (marx, durkheim, and. Micro sociclogy: refers to attempting to understand individual or small group dynamics (mead, The sociological imagination: developing an appreciation of how individual challenges are influenced by larger social forces. Cheerful robots: unable to see the social world as how it is. Social issues are caused by larger social factors. Key is in understanding how these personal troubles may indeed be due to larger social issues. Quality of mind: refers to one s ability to look beyond personal circumstance and into social context. Seeing the general in the particular is the ability to look at seemingly unigue events (particular) and then recognizing the larger (general) feature involved.