SOCI201 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Structural Functionalism, Sociological Perspectives, Social Inequality

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: kimberly gill

Document Summary

Scientific study of social behavior and human groups. Awareness of the relationship b/n an individual and the wider society. Ability you view one"s own society as an outsider would. Science : body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation. Natural science: study of physical features of nature and the ways they interact and change. Social science: study of social features of humans and the ways how interact and change. Social sciences disciplines all focus on the social behavior of people, but each has a particular orientation. Study the influence society has on people"s attitudes and behaviors. People"s views can change over time due to influence. More people got married and less got divorced. Sociologists do not accept something as fact because everyone knows it . Each piece of info must be tested, recorded, and analyzed. Example notion that women tend to be chattier than men. Example expectation of higher crime rates in communities on the texas-mexico border.