SOC 1100 Lecture : Lecture 1

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

Document Summary

Seeing the general in the particular (peter berger coined) Sociologists identify general social patterns in the behaviour of particular individuals. Giving up the idea that human behaviour is simply a matter of what people decide to do. The power of society to shape even our most private choices. People at the margins of social life are aware of social patterns that others rarely. Periods of change or crisis encourage us to use the sociological perspective think about. Sociology has played an important role in the development of canadian. Sociology can have an important role in our own personal growth: A background in sociology is excellent preparation for : Advertising, banking, business, education, government, journalism, law, public relations and personnel management. The growth of cities pushed people away from working the land. Political change: shift in focus from moral obligation to god and monarch to the. A new awareness of society in england, france and germany.