SOCL 4451 Chapter : Unit 2
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What makes medical sociology distinct from other health science discipline such as public health, epidemiology, or behavioral medicine: more focus on the individual. Sociological research methods are not unique because they are used by many disciplines, (sociological theory) What is sociology: the systematic study of social behavior and human groups. Historical sources of sociology: enlightenment (individual"s rights, urbanization (social changes and problems) Sociology"s levels of analysis: micro level (e. g. : intimate interactions between individuals, meso level (e. g. : workplace policies of climate, macro level (e. g. : economic changes) Levels in human life: community systems (place), organizational systems, personal networks, the individual ( self & body ), molecular systems ( genes & proteins ) What are sociological theories: statements of how &why particular facts about the social world are related. They range short descriptions of a single social process to broad paradigms for analysis and interpretation. Paradigms: lenses to look at the world through.
