SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Spurious Relationship, Human Behavior, Harriet Martineau

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Basics of sociological investigation: apply the sociological perspective, be curious and ask questions. In order to answer our questions there are many forms of truth . Logical system that bases knowledge on direct systematic observation: stands apart from faith, belief, or conventional wisdom. Rests on empirical evidence: information we can verify with our senses. Poor people are far more likely than rich people to break the law . Canada is a middle-class society in which people are more or less equal . Difference in the behavior of females and males are just human nature" . People change as they grow old, losing many interests as they focus on their health . Most people marry because they are in love . Three ways to do sociology: scientific sociology: based on systematic observation of social behavior on the basis of empirical evidence, interpretive sociology, critical sociology. Scientific sociology (need to know terms for midterms)