[SOC 105] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 17 pages long Study Guide!
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Soc 105 - lecture 1 - sept 14, 2016. Ontology is a way of seeing the world. Epistemology is a way of knowing the world. Looking at something you are familiar with and step back to look at it closer and pretend that you"re seeing it for the first time. A way of examining a particular event/occurrence, etc and apply knowledge to identify more widespread and broad social patterns, pull out general from the particular. Result of work of american sociologist c wright mills. Set of skills to be able to understand the world. Understand how the individual interacts with the society. What happens in society impacts the individual. Biography is the story of one person. Connection between yourself and the social world . Embraces the idea of free will (individuality) Choices we make are influenced by society. How to understand and interplay the tension between individual and structural forces. Everyone has choices but not some quality or quantity.