SOCIOL 2D06 Lecture Notes - Argot, The Sociological Imagination, Microsociology
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Relationship that individuals have with each other. The examination of individuals, their interactions and their relationships with society. Micro: individuals (more focus on this than macro) Interested in the reciprocal and reflexive relationship between: how society, social structure and social conditions impact individuals", their interactions and meanings (including emotions, behaviors and relationships) and visa versa. Sociological social psychology, as noted earlier, is interested in the reciprocal relationship between individuals, their interactions and their relationships with society. Psychological social psychology is interested in internal processes such as cognition. Uses key sociological concepts to help us understand the complex relationship between individuals and society. Organizations & institutions: organizations are groups that share a common purpose and contain a formal set of rules and authority structure (rohall et al. , 2014:20) Institution refers to patterns of interaction in which the behaviour of a large group is guided by the same norms and roles (rohall et al. ,