SOCL 2001 : Socl Test 1 Notes
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Bold/ underline = topic, blue= term/ definition, red= examples: the sociological imagination, what is sociology, sociology is the study of human society. Best viewed as a society : groups of humans interacting. Micro: small groups, clubs, counties, individual level or status characteristics ex. Macro: nations, continents, planets, big picture, largest level ex. Meso: small group, regional (state) or firm ex. Variety of methods ranging from experiments to statistics to interviews. Takes the same steps of the scientific method and applies them to day to day life. It is a social science, subjects will act irrationally (main difference between science and social science) Measuring finding a way to discover the magnitude of a problem. Why? take a deeper look: an attempt to view without bias and as objectively as possible. Appeals to a broader concept: when examining social phenomena a sociologist must examine all sides of things. Fertility rates have dropped dramatically why fertility correlates with education, race, etc: sociological analytics.
