SOC100H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Institutional Racism, Genetic Pollution, Nonprobability Sampling

• School: UTM
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H5
• Professor: Jayne Baker

Document Summary

Sociology is the systematic review of human behaviour in social context. It relates the individual to society by social imagination, which is putting their personal troubles in the context of society. A theory is a foundation to the discipline, giving a different perspective to analyze things. In a sociological theory, the data must be testable and the criteria must be sociological. Looked at the big picture macrostructures, and common values and norms. This was at the time of turmoil and change, where the society collapsed because it was at a state of dysfunction. Struggle over power, and said equality is impossible. Said people"s relationships with money showed what class they"re in and how they lived. He said eventually there will be a revolution where people will rise for their rights, and this will end the gap. Ex. in education everything experiences it differently, mostly sorting people out of who gets higher wages, creating a conflict.