PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Qualitative Sociology, Auguste Comte, Microsociology

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Barry Mc Clinchey

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Sociology: the systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Sociological perspective: a view of society based on the dynamic relationships between individuals and the larger social network in which we all live. Any decision made by an individual have social significances. C. w. mills suggested people who do not recognize the social origins and character of their problems may be unable to respond to such problems effectively. Failing to appreciate how problems are influenced by larger social forces diminishes a person"s ability to understand and solve them. Mills believed that the individual and the social are linked, and one cannot fully understand one without the other; explained through personal troubles and social issues. Personal troubles: personal challenges that require individual solutions. ex. Social issues: challenges caused by larger social factors that require collective solutions ex. When people face personal failure, they often do not ask for help because of their quality of mind.