SOCL 2001 Chapter : Ch 1 Notes
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Sociology: a science guided by the understanding that the social matters. Systematic study of the relationship between the individual and society and of the consequences of difference. How we affect other individuals, groups, and organizations. How social relationships influence people"s attitudes and behavior. The sociological imagination: it is an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the. Systematic study: empirical data gathered through systematic research, draw conclusions about society based on their experiences or observations rather than beliefs or the authority of others, quantitative and qualitative approaches. The individual: individuals can reject behavioral guidelines because of agency the, most choose paths of least resistance the accepted and expected freedom to choose and to act actions and beliefs. Society: the study of our social environment is at core of sociology, structure of social institutions (such as economy, family, educational system, religion, and government) shapes what is expected of us.
