HREQ 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mass Society, Social Fact, Consumerism

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 1040
• Professor: Claudio Colaguori

Document Summary

Society a relatively large group of interdependent people whose lives are organized through formal social institutions like the family, the education system and the state or government among others. Societies are often defined by their major features, as. Western, multicultural, democratic, and capitalist. (the goal of our modern society is to meet the needs of its members by providing peace and security and maximizing human freedom) The challenges of studying society how taken for granted assumptions and beliefs prevent us from seeing with fresh eyes what you are told versus what is presented to you as reality . The importance of studying the society we live in, and understanding how society influences our life paths and life chances, desires and our opinions about the world. The differences between psychology and sociology psychology sociology. Sociology provides explanation for a given set of social facts.