SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Public Sociology, Microsociology, Macrosociology
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Helps us see how social forces affect our everyday lives: social forces are different from physical and emotional forces. Sociology is the seinfeld of the scientific world . Some sociological dichotomies include : philosophical side | empirical side, basic sociology | applied sociology, microsociology | macrosociology. There are lots of reasons : yorick"s dilemma: determining how to make the most of our short lives. What makes people do what they do: by testing common sense beliefs against facts, sociologists can sort out which popular beliefs hold true and which do not. To accomplish this, sociologists use a variety of social science research designs and methods: sociology as a discipline is more than common sense. Sociology is a method of inquiry that requires the systematic testing of beliefs against evidence. Sociologists, therefore, make determining whether specific ideas are fact or fiction their job.