SOCI 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Labeling Theory, Hidden Curriculum, Social Influence
23 Aug 2016
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Definition: the systematic or scientific study of human society, people in groups, social behavior, form large-scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions. The systematic or scientific study of human society and social behavior. One of the social sciences: disciplines that use the scientific method to ex- amine social world; in contrast to the natural sciences, which examine the physi- cal world o. Interested in one person but how they act within a group or culture. : c wright ills used the term to describe the abili- ty to look at issues from sociological imagination a sociological perspective o. Ability to understand the intersection between biography and history; the interplay between the self and the world o. Understanding how your life would change due to different time scales. Microsociology: studies face to face san small group interactions (cashier) Macrosociology: studies large scale social structures (economy and social o behavior)
