SOCIOL 1Z03 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Structural Functionalism, Canada, Symbolic Interactionism
12 Oct 2018
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Sociology 1Z03- Introduction to Sociology
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AB102
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SEPT 5th
Sociology: systematic study of human groups and their interactions
Sociological Perspective: refers to the unique way in which sociologists see our world and can
dissfoct the dynamic relationships between individuals and the larger social network in which we
-ar:'t:meing in a group changes our behaviour
Macro sociology: refers to attempting to understand society as a whole (Marx, Durkheim, and
Weber)
Micro sociclogy: refers to attempting to understand individual or small group dynamics (Mead,
Cooley, and Blumer)
WRIGHT
The Sociological Imagination: Developing an appreciation of how individual challenges are
influenced by larger social forces.
Cheerful Robots: unable to see the social world as how
it is.
Blind to how society functions.
Personal troubles result from individual challenges
Social issues are caused by larger social factors
Key is in understanding how these personal troubles may indeed be due to larger social issues.
Quality of mind: refers to one’s ability to look beyond personal circumstance and into social
context.
BERGER
Seeing the general in the particular is the ability to look at seemingly unigue events (particular)
and then recognizing the larger (general) feature involved
Agency: refers to the idea that each of us has, to some extent, the ability to alter our socially
constructed lives.
Structure: is the network of relatively stable opportunities and constraints influencing our
individual behaviours.
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Our perception of ourselves and others are the products of many factors:
Minority Status
Gender
Sociceconomic Status
Family Structure
Urban-Rural Differences
Development
Scientific Revolution (1650-1800): Auguste Comte-father of sociology
Law of 3 stages: Theological- religious outlook, the world is an expression of God
Metaphysical- a period of questioning and challenging
Positive- rules of observation, experimentation and logic.
The Political Revolution: renaissance to the enlightenment (Machiavelli, Locke, Descartes,
Rousseau)
Promotion of individual rights and social responsibility, equality of opportunity and the political
ideclogy of democracy
The Industrial Revolution (1750): changed virtually every aspect of ones lives.
-moved from an agricultural society based on local food production for local consumption to
regional and national distribution networks
-resulted in new social problems
Positivism: theoretical approach that considers all understanding to be based on science
-There exists an objective knowable reality, singular explanation, value-free
Anti- Positivism: theoretical approach that considers knowledge and understanding to be the
result of human subjectivity
-rejects each of the positivist assumptions
Quantitative Sociology
-tends to the positivist in nature
-measurable behaviour
(crime rates over time, poverty rates, marriage rates)
Qualitative
-anti-positivist in nature
-non-measurable subjective behaviours
(experiences living in poverty
Four Features which define Canadian Sociology
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Geography and Regionalism - ability to survive overtime -role of regionalism
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Sociological perspective: refers to the unique way in which sociologists see our world and can dissfoct the dynamic relationships between individuals and the larger social network in which we. Micro sociclogy: refers to attempting to understand individual or small group dynamics (mead, Social issues are caused by larger social factors. Quality of mind: refers to one"s ability to look beyond personal circumstance and into social context. Seeing the general in the particular is the ability to look at seemingly unigue events (particular) and then recognizing the larger (general) feature involved. Our perception of ourselves and others are the products of many factors: Law of 3 stages: theological- religious outlook, the world is an expression of god. The political revolution: renaissance to the enlightenment (machiavelli, locke, descartes, Promotion of individual rights and social responsibility, equality of opportunity and the political ideclogy of democracy.
