SOC 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Sociological Imagination, Qualitative Sociology, Sociological Inquiry
16 Oct 2011
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2 small written assignments, 3 online tests (50 minutes 40 questions), discussions, final exam. Sociology - the study of everything that people do. What do sociologists do: conduct research, study what society. What is your sociological imagination : sociologists see society differently interested in what people do / their behaviours (in different settings) details of what people are all about and what people do. Major areas of sociological inquiry: sociological theory culture. Socialization groups and organizations crime and deviance social stratification and class global stratification race and ethnic relations sex and gender religion (how it works in society, its influences) mass media. Symbolic interactionism: study small groups of people / people work together to creature stuff (institutions, meanings, ways of doing things) interested in the small micro picture. Functionalist: institutions (health care, education, religion, the government) see society as one larger complicated functioning system.
