SOC 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Industrial Revolution, Participant Observation, Symbolic Interactionism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Linda Gerber

Document Summary

Sociology- the study of human society. (individual behaviour in a social context) General in the particular- looking at particular instances and seeing a general pattern. Individual behaviour shows that of categories (e. g. men) Different effects on categories not on specific individual personalities. Canadian airborne regiment-attempts to explain the atrocities committed by. The airborne regiment focuses on war, chain of command and nature of weapons but peacekeepers are not taught about recruitment, attitude, skill and equipment in terms of problem solving, negotiation or dealing with stress. Thus they go prepared for war, violence, instead of going with an attitude of helping and negotiation. Seeing the strange in the familiar- no free will or decision making. The guiding hand of society is in thoughts and deeds brings social rules and constraints. Societies guiding hand is what makes us feel natural in one setting. Chaos is not familiar, comfortable or predictable, people feel comfortable when they can predict actions.