SOCI 2445 Lecture : Week 1A.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 2445
• Professor: Darryl Davies

Document Summary

Introductions: breaking the ice, the compass, the lenses and the snowflake, what is sociology, winter focus, course description, evaluation structure next class. Introduction: more sociology, soci 1002a introduction to sociology, part 2. Stresses the social contexts in which people lives. Is a sociological vision- a way of looking at the world that allows links between the apparently private problems of the individuals and important social issues. Those elements that constitute the social affect not only our opinions our values, our beliefs and our knowledge, but also our habits, our tastes, our desires, our ideas. Sociology shares much of its vocabulary with common sense. What distinguishes sociology from common sense is (among other things) operationalization. Why sociology: the ability to view our own society as an outsider rather than only from the perspective of personal experiences and cultural biases. It involves critical thinking and questioning what otherwise may simply be taken for granted or assumed to be natural.