SOC 222 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Graffiti, Time, Subculture

• School: UNCG
• Department: Sociology Courses (SOC)
• Course: SOC 222
• Professor: Analiese Dar

Document Summary

The study of society and human behavior. Sociological perspective - guide research, make accurate predictions about social activity. Generalization - rather than stereotyping, it is backed up by statistics or data. Physical laws - not other reason to believe otherwise (ex-gravity) Culture pushes people to act a certain way. Have to understand where someone comes from and their culture to understand why they do what they do - he called this their history. Forces over which we have no control. Born to believe what our parents tell us. Link us with some, but also divides us. Patriotism - believe you are the best country in the world. Egocentric - way we do things are the right way. Anything that deviants from this, are considered evil. See much of our lives are a matter of what we"ve been pushed to do. *culture shock* do not realize, how you are until you move.