SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: European Colonialism, Participant Observation, Nacirema
13 Dec 2016
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Sociology and related disciplines of the social sciences: an. Sociology is the systematic study of human society & social interaction: from the study of dyads (2 person groups) to entire societies. Each other social science has its own distinct focus: specific segments of social life & human behaviour. From greek philia and sophos (lover of wisdom) From greek logos & psukho (psyche-science of the soul) Subject matter: behaviour of ind humans. Focus: processes internal to ind to determine what influences people. Boundary discipline: social psychology: study of ind behaviour in small groups. Comparative example: turbulent school children in a classroom. Social psychology: surrounding env: parents, friends, peers, profs. Sociological explanations: school organization & rules. Rules of conduct of discipline, design of school & classroom, pedagogical practices: social characteristics & categories. From greek logos (science) and anthopos (man, mankind- scientific study of man) Studies the bio adaptations variability & evolution of human beings, and their living * fossil relatives.
