SOC101 Lecture Notes - The Sociological Imagination, Qualitative Sociology, Tabula Rasa

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC101
• Professor: Barry Mc Clinchey

Document Summary

Ravelli, bruce and michelle webber (2009) exploring sociology, pearson canada, toronto. Sociology study of everything that people do as part of a group. Major areas of sociological inquiry sociological theory culture socialization -> become the person that you are crime and deviance -> who is a criminal social stratification and class. Global stratification race and ethnic relations sex and gender religion -> how religion works in society. Developing an appreciation of how individual challenges are influenced by larger social forces . We all have opportunities and constraints put upon us by the larger society, we are part of the larger society (way of thinking) When we see a social phenomena, we try to dig deeper ex/ homeless because they cant get a job, mentally ill, problem, no medication. Think about what is familiar and see it as strange. Our perception of ourselves and other are the products of many factors, for ex/