SA 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Forces, Auguste Comte

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Ann Travers

Document Summary

Sociology the systematic study of human society. Sociological perspective seeing the general in the particular. The sociological perspective reveals the power to society to shape individuals lives. What we commonly think of as personal choice whether or not it go to university or college, how many children we will have, even the decision to end our own life 0 is affected by social forces. Peter berger described the sociological perspective as seeing the general in the particular : wright mills called this point of view the sociological imagination , claiming it transforms personal troubles into public issues. The experience of being an outsider or of living through a social crisis can encourage people to use the sociological perspective. Global perspective the study of the larger world and our society"s place in it. High-income countries nations with the highest overall standards of living. Middle-income countries nations with a standard of living about average for the world as a whole.