SOC100H5 Midterm: Test 1 Definitions

• School: UTM
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H5
• Professor: Nathan Innocente

Document Summary

Sociology: systematic study of human behaviour in social context. Sociological perspective: is a perspective on human behavior and its connection to society as a whole. Scienti c method: is a pillar of the sociological imagination. Social structures: patterns of social relations affect innermost thoughts and feelings, in uence actions, and shape people"s identity. Microstructures: patterns of social relations formed during face to face interactions (i. e friendships) Mesostructures: patterns of social relations in organizations that involve people who are often not intimately acquainted and who often do not interact face to face ( i. e government) Macrostructures: overarching patterns of social relations that lie outside and above one"s circle of intimates and acquaintances (i. e classes or system of patriarchy) Global structures: patterns of social relations that lie outside and above the national level (i. e economic relations of countries) Egoistic suicide: occurs in a society where there is excessive individualism, that is, low social integration.