SOC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Shoplifting, Upper Class, Labeling Theory
Document Summary
Definition of sociology: the systematic study of the relationship between individuals and the social worlds that they produce, inhabit, and sometimes change . Unit 1: sociology as a way of thinking. Flipping your consciousness; view things from a different angle. (of thought and rigor of method)- what it means to think of sociology as science, not just a field of opinion. discipline method of collecting evidence/ develop theories/ managing language. Where should we look: the social self - recognizing individuals are not just individuals, they are social beings. we are constituted by our social relationships, social situations - also profoundly social. shaped by situations that are repeated interactions. Applications to the sociological imagination: miner (ritual among the nacirema) sociological flip, harris (india"s sacred cow) looking at situation from different perspective. Institution- a set of social arrangements, an accepted way of resolving social problems.
