SOCI 1251- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 45 pages long!)
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Textbook definition: sociology is the systematic study of society and social interaction at varying levels of analysis. The idea of society is the idea that the whole of human activities is greater than just the sum of its parts. Something special happens when people do things together in groups and in relation to each other. Situations and actio(cid:374)s do (cid:374)ot take pla(cid:272)e (cid:862)i(cid:374) a (cid:448)a(cid:272)uu(cid:373)(cid:863). There are (cid:862)so(cid:272)ial for(cid:272)es(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:455)o(cid:374)d the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual. Sociologists have developed various ways to try to answer it. M(cid:455)ths are stories or ideas a(cid:271)out so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) that people (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e that are(cid:374)"t rooted i(cid:374) fa(cid:272)ts or reality. Sociologists also want to find out how the social world actually operates. The ability to understand between individual lives as shaped by social contexts. And it allows us to see then as fundamentally connected. The ability to think about others by taking on their perspective. The ability to question taken for granted assumptions.
