SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Interpersonal Communication, Sampling Frame, Harriet Martineau
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Opens up different ways of understanding the world. Sociology: systematic study of human behavior in social context: social causes are distinct from physical and emotional causes, organization of the social world opens some opportunities, and closes others. This basically limits freedom but also aids us in finding who and what we are. Sociology can help know ourselves, what we are capable of, and what we are limited to. Lo2: from britney spears to lady gaga: sociological explanations of fashion cycles. Different trends over a period of time: britney"s attire versus avril lavigne"s and how fast it became popular among a certain demographic. Switching between one trend to another is just an example of the periodical fashion shifts and cycles that occur. Main types of explanation in soc. Sociological school of thought depicting that the ways in which humans behave is governed by social structures that are rooted mainly on shared values and they contribute to social stability.
