SOCL 2001 : Sociology Test 1 Notes
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Socl 2001 (get notes from second day of class) Why a group of people do certain and similar things. Fertility rates in the us have dropped dramatically. Fluctuates: nutrition, cost of raising a child, abortions, increase in birth control products. 5)education- such as choosing to go to college instead: time frame, ex. Gi"s after wwii: government, recessions, and poverty. Polyandry: woman takes more than one husband: practical purposes: more men than women in india, etc. , financial reasons, population control. Social institutions (law, education, religion: building blocks of social research and investigation, structural examination. Mass produced goods worth less than old time individually crafted goods: historical materialism. Max weber: verstehen: understanding in german, emphasis on subjectivity became a foundation of interpretive sociology. Functionalism (important for every chapter: society is like a living organism-all of the different parts work together on some level, education. Receive skills to get a job: emphasizes the role of agreement (consensus) in maintaining order.
