SOC100H1 Lecture 1: Jan. 8. Approaches to Sociology: An Introduction (Textbook Notes + Lecture)

• School: UTSG
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H1
• Professor: Lorne Tepperman

Document Summary

Sociology: the " dy of he pa e ned ela ion" among h man", and of he "ocial in" i ion" people c ea e. Sociology " die" he eg la way" ha people in e ac and wha ho"e in e ac ion" p od ce. Social institution: a kind of "ocial " c e made p of a n mbe of ela ion"hip". Social problem : a p oblem affec ing a la ge "ocial g o p o "egmen of "ocie y. Sociological imagination: an app oach o "ociology ha a emp " o make "en"e of he pe "onal expe ience" of individ al" wi hin he "ocie al con ex in which he"e expe ience" occ , and ela e hem o p blic i"" e". Positivism: a philo"ophical belief ha any a ional a""e ion can be p oven "cien ifically.