[SOC 1305] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 17 pages long Study Guide!
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Introduction to sociology (missing lecture notes, only powerpoint notes) Sociology: seeks an objective, scientific and often useful understanding between the social and the personal. Psychological theories: emphasize irrational beliefs, biochemical imbalances, and other factors at the level of the individual. Sociological theories: emphasize integration of individuals into social life: family, school, religion, work, emphasize cultures, norms, resource distributions. Monday, 16 january 2017: protestants committed suicide more than catholics, singles committed suicide more than married people, frenchs committed suicide more than english. Karl marx: bourgeoisie: people who hold capital, proletariat: workers who don"t hold capital, class conflict leads to revolution, precursor to neo-marxian study of occupation and personality: kohn and schooler (1982) Max weber: can"t ignore the personal level, verstehen: sociology is a science concerned with the subjective meaning of action , bureaucracy: governed by rationality and momentum is irreversible, jobs/occupations are closed social groups. Leads to positional inequality, rent extraction : types of social action.