[SOC 105] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 36 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 105
• Professor: Mustafa Koc

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Sociology: systematic study of social behaviour and human groups. **difference between sociology and common sense: common sense is not systematic, based on individual experience, one sided, tends to reflect prejudiced and mistaken interpretations. Common sense might tell us the former, but, in fact, disasters bring out a great deal of structure and organization to deal with their aftermath. Ex: japanese waiting for food line up after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Society: a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Structure versus agency: structures refer to pre-existing arrangements that influence our behaviour, agency refer to choices individuals make: wright mills. The ability to see the relationships between individual experience and larger society. It enables us to distinguish between personal troubles and public issues. (cid:862)neither the life of a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual (cid:374)or the histor(cid:455) of a so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e understood without u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g (cid:271)oth(cid:863)