SOCL 2001 Chapter : Ch 1 Intro To Sociology
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By using this sociologists are able to examine what influences behavior, attitudes, and culture: studying patterns: sociologists interested in experiences people make and how their experiences are shaped with social groups and society as one. Sociologists see patterns means they need to identify similarities in how social groups respond to social pressure. Example: us housing market and high rate of foreclosures. No society w/out individuals and there are no. 1. 2 history of sociology: world"s first sociologist: ian khaldun(1332-1406) Once identified the laws then they could address the problems( i. e. poverty and education) Positivism is the scientific study of social patterns. Capitalism is characterized by private or corporate ownership of goods and the means to produce them. Communism is an economic system which there is no private or corporate ownership: everything is shared and distributed as needed: herbert spencer favored a form of government that allows market forces to control capitalism.
