SOCA01H3 Lecture : Course Outline
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Office hours: monday 3:15 5: 15 pm; tuesday 5 7 pm; Before students are introduced to the sociological enterprise, they more often than not labour under what has come to be known as the individualistic fallacy that. That source has come to be known as social forces. thus a significant foundation of human behaviour lies in society itself. Part i of introductory sociology tries to identify and then elaborate on these social forces. The introduction takes up the case of suicide. Seemingly the most individualistic of all acts, suicide is shaped by these societal factors. Culture is the totality of social forces that surround us, and socialization is the process by which these forces become internalized, become part of the person"s personality structure. The way in which social forces influence sexuality, stratification, family, health and medicine and race and ethnicity - will be discussed. ), sociology: your compass for a new world, (3rd edition), toronto:
