SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau, Thomas Merton

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Sociological perspective the special point of view of sociology that sees general patterns of society in the lives of particular people. Immigration around the world increases the racial and ethnic diversity of canada. Learning about life in other societies helps us learn more about ourselves. 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. Low-income countries nations with a low standard of living in which most people are poor. 1. 4: the origions of sociology: rapid social change in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made people more aware of their surroundings and helped trigger the development of sociology: The rise of an industrial economy moved work from homes to factories, weakening the traditions that had guided community life for centuries.