SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: C. Wright Mills, System On A Chip, Social Forces

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

Document Summary

Chapter 1 notes (sept 4th) general in the particular. Society: guides out actions and shapes out values; knowledge of the social forces at work allows sociologists to understand/predict the behavior id indivds. , groups, or categories of ppl. E. g people act in predictable ways (handholding example boy in front girl behind) At the heart of sociology is a special pov called sociological perspective. Peter berger (1964) described sociological perspective as seeing the. Sociologist identify general patterns in the behavior of particular ppl. Each individual is unique but sociologist see that society acts differently on various categories of ppl (child vs. adult, man vs. women, rich vs. poor) Sociological perspective: the social point of view sociology that sees general patterns of society in the lives of particular ppl. E. g. (shot innocent afghan civilians pg. 5) despite canada"s commitment to peacekeeping, its military continued to prepare soldiers for war instead of peace, setting the scene for violence towards civilians.