SOCI 1001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sociological Inquiry, Stanford Prison Experiment, Programming Paradigm
8 Dec 2016
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An approach to human inquiry (finding out whats really going on beyond the obvious) Much of our understanding of the world is based on common sense. Common sense is a feeling you get about a situation; you just know it. Common sense is often based on truth, but sometimes not fully. What may be cs for one person may not be for another. While it may be helpful, as sociologists, we try to show where such understandings are accurate or not accurate. The pattern often is that the opposite is true (cs) Romantic love is a socially constructed experience. Marriage is different by culture, and the way society is shaped. Marrying based on love is actually a small group, Common sense is (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) a (cid:862)(cid:271)elief(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) agree(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863). Its (cid:374)or(cid:373)al to a(cid:272)(cid:272)ept these things because we cant learn everything. We assume truth, which moves us through the day.
