SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: T. S. Eliot, Dominant Culture, High Culture

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

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We interact with others, live in groups performing social roles: male/female; mom/dad; boss/employee. We engage in production, exchange, education, consumption: ex. Social groups can be small (class room) or large (fb groups, student campus) We recognize that our personal experiences are affected by: Our class (how much money we have), ethnicity, gender, age, and sexual orientation. We can have different experience doing the same thing. Sociological research enables us to discuss social issues in an informed and critical manner. Sociology is a social science: shares common interests with other social sciences such as psychology, anthropology, political science, however, it does distinguish itself from other disciplines through history, vocabulary, tools. Looks for (and at) social patterns in social variables, social institutions, social interactions. C. w(cid:396)ight mills (cid:272)oi(cid:374)ed the te(cid:396)(cid:373), (cid:862)so(cid:272)iologi(cid:272)al i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)atio(cid:374)(cid:863) ((cid:373)ake (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) how society works and our personal lives: ex.