SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Research Question, Microsociology, Proletariat

• School: UTM
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H5

Document Summary

Sociology moves away from individual level thinking and individual level explanations; puts people"s lives and. Sociology it is the systematic study of the social world and human behavior experience in their context in the social world. People are situated in specific contexts (within society) therefore we find that relationship. beyond the individual experience. Individual level thinking is not systematic, it"s anecdotal; we are applying the research cycle and scientific model. These structures are at all levels of society - on the face to face level through to the global level. Individuals are not always subject to these structures; there are enduring patterns that shape the individual experience due to these structures, however there is the individual"s capacity to make their own decisions. comfortable with that is an individual choice) Agency an individual"s capacity to think and act independent of larger social structural forces.