SOCL 2001 : Exam 1
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Your behavior and how it shapes your personality. Sociology is the systematic study of social interaction at a variety of levels (siblings, teachers and students, fraternities, sororities). Wright mills says that sociology is the ability to see the. Most child kidnappings occur from acquaintances or friends. Sociology allows us to look beyond the typical notions that we generally hear. connection between individual lives and larger social influences. Growing up in a certain area can affect your preferences, likes and dislikes, schools, and behavior. Its all based on how society shapes our beliefs, reactions, and behaviors. Example: in the south, people get married younger than everywhere else in the country. We look at sociology through two different lenses: macro perspective (large scale. Microsociology is the study of human behavior in contexts of face-to-face interaction in specific social settings (friends, siblings, family, teachers). Macrosociology is the study of large scale groups, organizations, or micro and macro.
