SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Symbolic Interactionism, Social Forces, Auguste Comte
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Sociology: the systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Sociological perspective: unique way in which sociologists see the world and dissect the dynamic relationships between individuals and the larger social network. Individual and society are linked, need both to understand each other. Social issues: challenges by larger social factors. Quality of mind: ability to view personal circumstances in a larger social context. Sociological imagination: ability to understand the dynamic relationship between individuals and the larger society. Cheerful robots: people who are unwilling or unable to see the social world as it truly exists. Peter berger: see the general in the particular and the strange in the familiar. Agency: assumptions that individuals have the ability to alter socially constructed lives. Structure: opportunities and constraints that exist within a network of roles and relationships (influence individual behaviour) Patriarchy: system where men control the political and economic resources of society.
