[SOC 1100] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 35 pages long Study Guide!

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

The sociological perspective: sociologists identify social patterns in behaviour of individuals, seeing the strange in the familiar, understanding that society shapes our lives, power of society to shape our most private choices (ex: durkheim on suicide) Seeing sociologically: marginality and crisis: people at the margins of social life are aware of social patterns that others rarely think about. Global perspective: where we live shapes the lives we lead, societies throughout the world are increasingly interconnected, many problems that we face in canada are more serious elsewhere, thinking globally helps us learn more about ourselves. Sociology can have an important role in our own personal growth: assess common sense , opportunities and constraints, helps us live in diversity. The origins of sociology: came through industrial revolution, the growth of cities pushed people away from working the land, political change: shift in focus from moral obligation to god to the pursuit of self-interest.