SOCI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: W. E. B. Du Bois, Auguste Comte, Nellie Mcclung

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Society: the basics (fifth canadian edition) macionis, et. Sociology: sociology the systematic study of human behaviour in social context, studies human society, studies how people relate to each other, studies social institutions (family, politics, etc. , focus is on the group over the individual. Sociological perspective: perspective a way of seeing something, sociological perspective a particular way of approaching phenomena. It maintains objectivity, not influenced by one"s values: assumes that official explanations are incomplete or self-serving, a conscious effort to go beyond the obvious and question what is accepted as true or common. Individuality in social context: we live in a individualistic society, but society shapes what we think and do, eg. Women and child-bearing in different parts of the world (pg. Differences explained in terms of social integration: men are more than 3x as likely as women to take their own lives. Sociological imagination: marginality (afro-american, aboriginal, greater people"s social marginality, the better ability to use the sociological perspective, eg.

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