SOC 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Criminal Record, Structural Inequality, Structural Functionalism
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Sociology- study of society- human behavior and interaction (1/18/17) Sociology is different in locations because social locations differ between areas- us had civil war because of civil rights issues. Jane adams (mother of social work)- founded place in chicago for impoverished women in. Individual: criminal record, lack of education, gender and race, ability/ disability. Social: poverty- so maybe having a criminal record for stealing something to help their family, poverty- can"t afford to get a good education, gender and race. Culture- total way of life shared by members of a community- language, values, symbolic meanings, technology, material objects broadest context of human behavior- shared across boundaries meaning humans can share a culture (not just a specific country) Material culture: physical objects such as tools, streets, sculptures, toys. Material objects depend on the nonmaterial culture for meaning. Basis for human behavior (what all sociologists believe) culture is- (1) problem solving (2)
