SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: T. S. Eliot, Shared Experience, The Roots

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 202
• Professor: Graeme Metcalf

Document Summary

We interact with others, and live in groups performing social roles: male/female; mom/dad; boss/employee etc. We engage in production, exchange, education, consumption. Ex: we produce and share popular culture like instagram. Social groups can be small (like our class) Or large: canadians, political groups, students on campus. We recognize that our personal experiences are affected by our class, ethnicity, gender, age, and sexual orientation. Ex: we can have a different experience doing the same thing. Sociology research enables us to discuss social issues in an informed and critical manner. Look for (and at) social patterns in social variables, social institutions, and social interactions. C. wright mills coined the term, sociological imagination" (make the connection between how society works and our personal lives) for example: Seeing our lives in the lives of others: privilege, shared experience, difference. Giving up the idea that human behavior is simply a matter of what people decide to do. Recognize subtle difference in large scale similarity.