[SOC 1000] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 17 pages long Study Guide!
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Science: systematic methods to obtain knowledge and the knowledge obtained bt these methods. Sociology is scientific study of society and human behavior. Society: people who share a culture and a territory. Macrosociology (general view of large social structures, society in general) Helps to learn patterns of social life. Provides concepts and theories for other social sciences. These do(cid:374)"t help (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they are a(cid:272)(cid:272)urate i(cid:374) so(cid:373)e situations and false in others. they are(cid:374)"t relia(cid:271)le. Assigned for next class - read chapter 5. Examples of social sciences: economics, anthropology, psychology, law, history, political science. Sociology as a social science emerged in the middle of the 19th century (1800s) Used to origi(cid:374)all(cid:455) call it (cid:862)social ph(cid:455)sics(cid:863), but already taken. Socio social- society, logy-logos- knowledge. knowledge of society. Believed in applying darwi(cid:374)"s ideas to society. Those who fit into their society, tend to succeed in life. Bourgeoisie and proletariat, rich and poor, capitalists and working class. Predicted revolution which led to start of communism.
