SOC 103 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: George Herbert Mead, Social Stratification, Jean Piaget

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Sal Guzzo

Document Summary

Sociology = systematic study of human society and social interaction. We study sociology to understand how human behaviour is shaped by group life and in turn how grouw life is affected by individuals. C. wright mills the sociological imagination helps us understand how seemingly personal troubles (suicide) are related to larger social forces. Allows us to see relationship between individual experiences and larger society. industrialization and urbanization contributed to the emergence of sociology as a discipline. Auguste comte coined term sociology to describe new science engaging in the study of society. Harriet martineau is viewed as a founding member of sociology due to her enlightened perspective that social progress must involve gender/social equity. Emile durkheim argued that societies are built on social facts, that rapid social change produces strains in society, and that the loss of shared values/purposes can lead to a condition of anomie. Karl marx stressed that within society there is a clash between owners of production and workers.