SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Harold Innis, Herbert Blumer, Socioeconomic Status
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7:01 pm: explain sociology and the sociological imagination in your own words, summarize the historical development of sociology, compare and contrast quantitative and qualitative sociology, explain micro and macro sociology. Sociology - the systematic study of human groups and their interactions. [sociologists examine how society is created, maintained, and changed, and what the implications of social structures and social change are for people. Sociological research provides challenges to common sense knowledge and helps us to understand that many of the things we perceive to be natural are in fact socially constructed and organized. It provides an opportunity to begin thinking critically about taken-for-granted assumptions, and in the process, understand the many ways personal experience is shaped by patterns of thought, social processes and social institutions] The sociological perspective - the unique way in which sociologists see our world and can dissect the dynamic relationships between individuals and the larger social network in which we all live.
