SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination
18 Nov 2016
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Sociology 1101F
Principles of sociology Lecture 1
Course basics:
- What is sociology? Latin socius, companion logos, thought or reason
- Humans inhabit, humans and social environment, study societies using
empirical investigation and critical analysis
Sociology: the systematic study of human society and social interaction, and how
behavior is shaped. Individuals have an impact on the society, how society impacts
the individual that we inhabit
The sociological imagination, the ability to see the relationship between the
individual experiences and the larger society
Value free; don’t make judgment calls, objective
Can we predict that certain age groups will react a certain way, things will happen
based on other aspects
Essay: see data file requirements on black board, citations are mega important, can
come up with own topic and bibliography must be required
Chapter one … The sociological perspective theory and methods …
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Document Summary
Humans inhabit, humans and social environment, study societies using empirical investigation and critical analysis. Sociology: the systematic study of human society and social interaction, and how behavior is shaped. Individuals have an impact on the society, how society impacts the individual that we inhabit. The sociological imagination, the ability to see the relationship between the individual experiences and the larger society. Can we predict that certain age groups will react a certain way, things will happen based on other aspects. Essay: see data file requirements on black board, citations are mega important, can come up with own topic and bibliography must be required.
