SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jargon

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

Document Summary

Soc1100 lecture 2 thursday, january 14, 2016. A key feature is captured by c. wright mill"s concept the sociological imagination : mills 1916-1962. Unemployment in context to current recession: in us in november 2009. Unemployment rate for youth (16-24) 18: in canada 2009. To restate and elaborate on mills concept of the sociological imagination, the situation of any individual is affected by: large scale social events (i. e. recessions) These are often historic not just recent: widely held beliefs in society, actions: large scale organizations (i. e. banks, patterns. Theory: a tentative explanation of some aspect of social life that states how and why certain social phenomena are related. Question: what did durkheim mean by social solidarity: the degree which people share beliefs and vales with others, the extent to which people are reworked with others. Hypothesis: more specific than a theory: example: suicide rates will be higher in people who do not belong to any religious organization or community.