SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Forces
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We must be able to deviate what is normal and what is expected. Scrutinize and uncover those that seems natural or inevitable. Adding context to the elements of daily life that we take for granted. Adding layers of explanation, seeing the connection b/w our individual lives and the broader social forces that influences who we are and what we do. Disciplining the mind to see in another dimension. By questioning what seems obvious, one would be better able to see the social mechanics of how life operates and how one was pushed in this or that direction. In a big lecture hall with hundreds of students, most are quiet and taking notes, even with the professor lecturing from the back of the room. Sociologists use several types of explanations for this social order. Rationale for everyone to behave in an orderly way. Motivated by incentive to behave in orderly way (e. g. letter of rec)
