SOC2106- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 37 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2106
• Professor: Jean-Francois Chapman

Document Summary

Social problem social condition or behavior believed to warrant public concern and collective action. An empirically observed condition that threatens the well-being of a significant part of society. Process or sequence of events by which members of society come to see a condition as a social problem that warrants collective action. Objective elements measurable features of a negative social condition. Systematic measurements show condition exists and it harms people. Positivism systematic attempt to find and test natural laws through measurement of the reality. Subjective elements personal evaluations of objective conditions, process that influence their evaluations. Can become a social reality in their own: set motion actions that have social consequences. Sociological imagination a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to see (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) life and the social world in which one lives. Micro-level analysis: focuses on the interactions between individuals in small groups. Macro-level analysis: focuses on the societal level social trends occurring within social institutions.