SOCL 3601 : Exam 1
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Chapter 1- goal: understanding of how sociologists study social psychology and its role in the larger field of sociology. Sociology, psychology, and social psychology: sociology is the systematic study of society. Individual in active participant in construction of society. The nature of interaction is based on adherence to roles that people play. Emphasizes process of how larger social structures influence individuals. When individuals form into social groups, certain basic processes regularly emerge in interactions. Symbolic interaction: how people negotiate the meaning of social life during their interactions with other people. Social structure and personality: based on your role, there are behavior expectations, your behavior affect your interactions. Si: society and agency: from the si perspective, society exists as a network on interactions between people, society imposes restrictions on us but we also have agency, the ability to act and think independently from. Individual and society cannot be separated from society.
