SOC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Auguste Comte, Junk Food

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1200
• Professor: Kandrack Mary- Anne

Document Summary

Use the same tools to study the social world as the natural sciences. August comte - coined the word sociology: sociology - human behaviour only makes sense in social content. Study of the patterns of human behaviours in social context. Meaning of illness is confirmed by the group. Cancer is not contagious but people would stay away from people with cancer. We think diseases come from our personal behaviours - smoking -etc Cheaper to eat junk food than healthy food. Leading cause of death in women - heart disease - but raise more money for breast cancer: taught breast cancer is genetic - but not so widespread. Bras affect lymphatic system - take out toxins. Environmental chlorides - banned in israel - decrease in breast cancer. C. wright mills - social imagination - connection of our personal experiences to public issues: person is a microcosm of the group, things we experience alone - other people feel the same way.