SOC 1100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Middle Ages, Social Conflict, French Revolution
6 Apr 2013
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Berger described sociological perspective as seeing the general in the particular (identify general patterns in behaviour of particular individuals. Winslow wrote canadian airborne regiment: a socio-cultural inquiry, which attempts to explain atrocities committed by canadians in somalia-not as canadian peacekeeper characteristics, but as a warrior culture. The conclusion was that structural and cultural environment matters, not individual personalities (the canadians wouldn"t have done that on other terms) Society shapes what we think and do. S. p provides insights that may not be readily apparent. In our society, university or collage attendance is associated with the 18-24 yrs period of life. 2 in canada, 4 in ethiopia, 7 in niger. Men, protestants, wealthy people and unmarried have higher rate. Catholics and jews, the poor and the married have low rates. Social integration- categories of people with strong social ties has low suicide rates and more individualistic categories of people had high rates.
