SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spinning Wheel
9 Sep 2016
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Curry and massey books for class: 3 tests. 2 tests, 1 nal: 4 absences. Documentation not necessary and irrelevant towards rst four: distracting behavior will lead to extra work/assignments. What is sociology: de nition the scienti c study of social structure and social interaction and of the factors making for change in social structure and social interaction. (curry p. 2, Scienti c scientists collect and analyze data: many people think that they are sociologists because they have opinions (not what sociologists are doing) Not trying to base opinions of society on opinions, they use data to detect patterns. Social interaction people interacting follow social rules: these people behave based on norms. Social structure web/framework of stable components that sets up certain expectations: examples of systems: Geology (human: society and individuals are interconnected. Society macro: culture, social structure, norms. Idea that society is made by people. Marx more of a philosopher, not really a sociologist.
