SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anomie, Equal Opportunity, Pastoralism
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Sociology is the study of human or social interaction and society-aggregate (a bunch of people,no relation) Society is a group of people who interact socially usually has a shared culture, territory and political system. Sociological imagination personal problems seen as public issues. Scientific method using systematic, reliable methods to collect and analyze social data. Quantitative methods numerical data from experiments and surveys. Qualitative methods text and symbol data from interviews, focus groups, other media. Positivism knowledge based on social facts, to identify the laws that govern society. Social theory statement of how or why specific social facts are related. A simple explanation of why social behavior occurs. (explains for social norms and behaviors) Structural functionalist models society is seen as a complex system whose parts must work together for social stability, cohesion and solidarity. Social conflict models society is a space of inequality that generates social conflict and change.
