SOC103H1 Lecture Notes - Thomas Robert Malthus, Role Conflict, Social Inequality
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Also covered were: sociology s emergence, the goals of sociology, and sociology vs psychology. In life, we have expectations; for example, for how we interact as a family, or for a bunch of other institutions. They are changing, but slowly; relative to other things that are changing, much slower. Values - things ought to be a certain way - moral standards/consensus. Social interactional patterns are the basis for institutions. As a result, they are very predictable - as we said before, these interactions are stable - we can predict much of social life. Social structures exercise influence / control on us. Situations force us to conform to certain expected patterns. For example, class in con hall - it always looks the same different structures are based on different principles of organization. Social structures are linked through the definition of social structures, ie. based on 1. interactions and 2. values however, they also vary. ex.
