SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Postmodern Architecture, Social Fact, Bourgeoisie
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Sociological perspective: stresses the social contexts in which people live and how these contexts influence their lives. Social imagination: sociological vision a way of looking at the world that allows links between the apparently private problems of the individual and the important social issues. Social perspective: how people are influenced by their society. Social location: refers to some(cid:271)od(cid:455)"s o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374), i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e, ge(cid:374)der, age, eth(cid:374)i(cid:272)it(cid:455). Macrosociology: focuses on the broad features of society. Microsociology: what people do when they come together. Micro sociologists focus on how groups handle the resources that they have. Natural sciences: intellectual and academic disciplines designed to comprehend, explain and predict events in our natural environment. Social sciences: attempt to understand the social world. Sociology: the disciplined study of human social behaviour, especially the investigation of the organs, classifications, institutions and development of human society on a global level.
