SOC 1101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Critical Thinking, Ethnography, Dependent And Independent Variables

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Sociology exam 1 - 10% test monday january 30. *units are a culmination of chapters and lectures of corresponding numbers. Core knowledge base - a set of fundamental concepts, skills and topics available to all sociologists that enables them to think differently about the world. Sociology is de ned as the study of all human experience, whether the chance encounter of two individuals, the outcome of a highly structured group, or the result of a worldwide social phenomenon. Core skills - complex and critical thinking skills, research skills, an theorizing skills. Objective knowledge is knowledge that is purported as free from bias. Value systems - a set of beliefs about what is important in life and what kinds of conduct or behaviour are appropriate. Sociological perspective - upholds the idea that human interactions are systematically organized and based in sociality. Individualism is a moral stance that stresses the importance of individual self reliance and independence.