Sociology SOC-R 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nonverbal Communication, The Sociological Imagination, Émile Durkheim
6 Oct 2016
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Sociology: the scientific study of social behavior and human groups. Sociology overlaps with other social sciences, but much of the territory it covers is unique. Focuses on social relationships; how those relationships influence peoples behavior; and how societies, the sum total of those relationships, develop and change. Society is a system of interrelated parts that is relatively stable. These individuals need more structure, stability, and feel the need. A. 4. to agree with others to function well. Manifest functions: the planned and intentional effects of an institution or another social phenomenon. Latent functions: the unintentional or unrecognized effects of an. Each part works to keep society operating in and orderly way. Often full of tension and struggle between different groups. Focuses on inequalities, capitalism, and stratification for scarce. B. 4. a) people do what they need to get what they have and keep it. Active in influencing and affecting everyday social interaction. Focuses on individuals, rather than society as a whole.
