SOCL 2001 Lecture : Sociology Notes
Document Summary
Seeing the broader social context a society who you are. C. wright mills said the sociological imagination [perspective] enables us to grasp the connection between history and biography : biography: refers to peoples" experiences within a specific historical, survival of the fittest societies evolve. Sociology in north america: sexism at the time: women = wife and mother, church, cooking, children, and clothes, racism at the time, w. e. b. Normal state is everyone using their cards to help things flow quickly. Abnormal state is the person who pays with cash. Latent dysfunction (unintended negative consequences: functionalism: the idea that society is a whole unit made up of interrelated parts that work together, society = unit. Interrelate parts work together: functional society- parts work in harmony, macro, structure and function, ex. Subject bias: research methods, surveys, sample size: limited resources require narrowing down population. Gender in sociological research consumption in a dry town: 2 sociologists interviewed rapists in prison, one boy, one girl.
