SA 150 Lecture 1: SA 150 Chapter 1 Introduction notes

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Lindsey Freeman

Document Summary

Sociologist recognize social patterns: personal experiences are affected by this class, ethnicity, gender, age & sexual orientation, allows us to challenge perceptions such as stereotypes. Shares common interests with psychology, anthropology, philosophy, economics and political science. Emerged from history and time: distinguished by vocabulary and tools. Understanding the social world (social practice, attitudes, institutions) Oneself (how individuals relate to social patterns) The capacity to shift from the perspective of the personal experience to the grander, social scale that has caused/influenced that personal experience. Stated that the challenge is to make understanding. C. wright mills concept: quality of mind . Interest in public sociology : understanding of history, understanding of social structure, understanding of individual biographies. Women getting charged higher fees during women"s liberation movement. Emerged as an area of academic interest in germany. French philosopher, coined sociology as queen of science . Using darwin"s survival of the fittest , spence justified inequality. Believed conflict grew from division of social classes.