[SOCI 100] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (67 pages long)
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Industrial society &capitalism results in control of the exploiters; the working class. What is sociology: society as a picture, from afar it is a macro level (whole picture) but can be approached from a micro level (cid:894)looki(cid:374)g at the pi(cid:454)els/i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s(cid:895) Individual choices tend to be manipulated by social forces. Sociological imagination: cognitive skill, empirical research, thinking critically. Theory: a set of statements attempting to explain problems, or behaviour. An effect theory can both explain and predict behaviour. Aims to understand individual behaviour within a societal context. Karl marx (founder of conflict perspective): emphasized the economy and its organization, and the conflict in society (class struggle between the bourgeoisie-rich and the proletariat-poor) must band together collectively to overcome the rich and powerful. Emile durkheim: insisted behaviour must be understood within a larger social context social bonds between the individual and the community (disconnect)
