SOCIOL 1000- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 60 pages long!)

• School: Mizzou
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1000
• Professor: Edward Brent

Document Summary

Macro-level: analyzes large group (ex: political and economic systems) Born in france; influenced by french revolution. Proposed to apply scientific methods (ex: predicting) to social life. Called his approach positivism: wright mills. Capacity for ppl to understand relationships btwn individual lives and other lrg groups. Relationship btwn private troubles and public issues. Our lives aren"t just personal; they are lived out in social circumstances which affect us all. Sociology has several theories that we use to explain these recurrent themes: Societal and political mechanisms or processes that regulate individual and group behavior, leading to conformity and compliance to the rules of a given society, state, or social group. College students took pics naked---were told that body type would tell if you were a future criminal. Internalized social control: ppl do things b/c they believe it is the right thing to do (not b/c it"s forced) Individuals make decisions and take actions that influence ourselves/others.