SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination
11 Feb 2015
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Sociology: the systematic study of human society and social interaction. Sociologists study human societies and their social interactions in order to. The ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society. Society: a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Global interdependence: a relationship in which the lives of all people are intertwined closely and any ones nations problems are part of a larger global problem. Our worlds were created for us by others as well as being created by us. Goal is to be as value free as possible. He/she searches for multiple causes and effects of social issues such as suicide, family.
