SOCIOL 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Totalitarianism, Uniform Crime Reports, Collective Effervescence
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Lecture: the sociological perspective (from lecture, the social construction of reality, the social construction of reality is a historically specific and culturally specific process. Reality and its categories differ by time and place. The family is an institution that is constantly changing - there"s not really a set definition. Thomas principle says that if people believe something is real then it will be real in its consequences. Social facts have been governing our own existence for so long that we don"t even notice any more because it has become a part of our nature. Depends on how most of society acts when we break it. We can resist social facts: the concept of social fact can make it seem as if society is some sort of omnipotent irresistible monsters commanding obedience. Why is this a misleading understanding of social facts.
