SOC 101 Lecture 1: Unit 1 - What is Sociology?

• School: UM
• Department: Sociology & Anthropology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Jamie Nelms

Document Summary

Study of society: people, cultures, religion community, social control, moral code, tradition, faith. Hb1523: discrimination bill vs. freedom of religion bill. Movements effectiveness and portrayal: healthcare, abortion, immigration, right to die, abuse, death penalty. Everything seems to be subjective race relations, reproductive rights, etc: but we have real world, empirical data that we build a foundation on. explicit/implicit bias. To think critically about the world, we have to use our. Role conflict/strain, are we going to judge them, what is their sociological imagination/perspective to bridge private troubles (micro) vs. public issues (macro) )t allows us to start the scientific method of sociology : c. wright mills sociological imagination/perspective. Deviance separating from the normal course or set of standards )f we can"t follow the rules (cid:523)private troubles), then allows society to control what we can and can"t do. Coming out of the age of enlightenment (18th 19th centuries)