SOCI 111- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 18 pages long!)

• School: UBC Okanagan, UBC OK
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 111
• Professor: Peter Urmetzer

Document Summary

Soci 111 lecture # 1 structure and agency. Inequality is the synonym for sociology: sociology is more structured, male or female, social background, agency, action, you can work against or succeed with your circumstances, macro / micro, poverty. Individual shortcoming: o(cid:373)e sa(cid:455) so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e is i(cid:374) po(cid:448)ert(cid:455) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e e(cid:374)ough age(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455, structural reasons, did(cid:374)"t get the sa(cid:373)e opportu(cid:374)ities as others (cid:373)ight ha(cid:448)e, the environment, common solutions of climate change, solar energy, carbon tax, recycling. Word of the day: synergy: when two elements combine, they have more power then each separately, combined action or operation, more then the sum of its parts. 8 pillars of sociology: sex (biological) or gender (social) Word of the day: omniscient: all knowing, scire latin meaning to know, science, omniscient, prescient. Structure and agency: structures: social structures, glass ceiling, invisible walls, social class, gender, ethnicity, agency: the capacity for action, free will, ability and capacity to choose, agency is both individual and collective.