SOC 100 Study Guide - Spring 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Bourgeoisie, Reading F.C., Karl Marx
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To be able to consider how you interact with society/history and how society/history affect you as an individual. Unemployment rates right now are low they were really high starting around 2008 recession. When unemployment rates are high, it"s an issues , or social problem. Sociologists tend to focus on societal-level causes of social problems. Most people tend to only see individual causes for individuals problems. The situation has a powerful impact on behavior. Situation can be society as a whole. The situation is more powerful than the individual . Zimbardo & the guards behavior in terms of the experiment. People spend a lot of time outside. In the u. s, we have higher levels of economic development (we"re a wealthy country) We have a lot of business and economic activity, we pay lots of taxes that pay for public services, etc. Our system of medical care is better-access to quality hospitals, etc.
