SOC100 Midterm: Sociology 101 Learning Targets for Chapter 1, 2, 6, 10

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100
• Professor: Stephen Speake

Document Summary

Describe the bi directional relationship between individual choices and larger social forces. More subtle influences on the decisions we make come from societies expectations, or norms: norms: societies expectations for how we are supposed to act, think, and look. We learn how we are supposed to act. Postsecondary education is normative in that is corresponds to norms about he kind of education people need before entering the work force: normative: behaviours, appearances, and thoughts that correspond to societies norms. The essence of sociology is the connection between individual experiences and larger social forces between individuals experiences and larger social forces that exist outside the individual: aka micro level and macro level. Micro level: the level of the individual and choices. Macro level: the level of broader social forces. Agency: people"s capacity to make choices, which then have an impact on other people and on the society they live in. Define sociology and identify the role of the sociological imagination.