BIOL 1001 Chapter : CH 1 OUTLINE
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All people are minutely different but share similarities the point of sociology is to reveal that which is hidden (pierre bourdieu) Positivism or social physics: the idea that society can be studied scientifically and logically: needed to make moral sense of society as religious authority declined. Positivism - one truth to be uncovered. Social physics - human interaction was just like physics; use laws of physics to understand human behavior and interaction. Comte was one of the first sociologists to notice massive patterns of social interactions. First person to translate comte"s work to english. Wrote how to observe morals and manners, the first sociology methods book. One of the earliest feminist social scientists: feminists in society to examine women and women"s" position in society. Networks of structures in society that socialize groups of people within them. Extended family networks: minority families rely on efn, day care. Total institution: consume person"s whole life, military, prison.
