SOC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Falsifiability, Logical Positivism, Social Forces

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1200
• Professor: Karen M.Kampen

Document Summary

This weeks objectives: what is sociology, the sociological perspective a definition, an application: patterns of suicide, classical theoretical approaches, the big question in this course. But sociology is not a concrete body of knowledge; should be seen as a perspective, or a way of looking at the world. Uses a scientific approach to understanding human behaviour. Science involves searching for truth through systematic observation. Single, tangible reality out there waiting to be discovered, measured: empiricism measurable, observable. Sociology is one of a family of related social sciences: e. x psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, history, and social work. Sociology has both similarities and differences with other social sciences. Sociology: behaviour of groups: anthropology: small, preliterate societies. Social work: how to help people cope with problems. Sociology: how to understand social roots of problems. Some central concepts the sociological perspective (p. berger)