SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Economics Association, Social Change, Social Inequality

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

Document Summary

Sociologists identify general social patterns in the behavior of some individuals. When parents say they don"t like friends it can mean they don"t like you because the characteristics are similar, that"s why we choose friends. Seeing the strange in the familiar (giving up the idea that human behavior is a matter of what people decide to do. Seeing personal choice in social context (how society shapes even our private choices i. e. durkeim on suicide) Durkeim: people with more social ties are less likely to commit suicide. Health issues can relate to how people don"t have choices. Where we live shapes the lives we lead. Societies through the world and becoming more connected. Problems we face in canada, are more serious somewhere else in the world. Thinking globally teaches us more about ourselves. Sociology plays an important role in the development of canadian public.