SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Disorganization Theory, Ethnography, Social Psychology

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1: official data crime rates, figures, census reports) to apply to geography. Social disorganization theory (macrotheory: life history and ethnography (ethnography the immersion of researchers into a subculture group in order to conduct research) Social-psychological approaches; ecological symbiosis how the individual and society are related to each other and how they influence each other. Likens human communities to plant and animals communities: makes 2 observations, racial, class, other groups affect one another"s daily lives, groups are affected also by the urban environment (natural boundaries like rivers, property values, mountains ect) Normal condition is equilibrium and order everyone gets along. Related to social conditions not the internal conditions. Yes ie lower socioeconomic status live in the downtown and higher socioeconomic in upper class neighbourhoods: natural areas: species favour natural areas where they flourish. Yes ie a high banking executive will live close to where he works.

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