SOC 2109 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Impression Formation, Type Physicalism, Systematic Review
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Summay: sociology is the study of society. Sociologists look at society using both macro- and micro levels of analysis: both psychological and sociological social psychologists study the social contexts of human thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Some of the founders of sociological social psychology include george herbert mead, w. e b. dubois, william thomas, charles. Breaching experiments: experiments that violate the established social order to assess how people construct social reality. Culture: a society"s set of unique patterns of behaviours and beliefs. Ethnomethodology: a method of studying society through observation of people"s typical day to day interactions. Group processes: a perspective within sociological social psychology that examines how basic social processes operate in group contexts. Microsociology: the study of the effects of society on social psychological processes and the ways in which individuals participate in the construction and maintenance of society. Organizations: groups that share a common purpose and contain a formal set of rules and authority structure.
