SOCL 2001 Chapter : Sociology Chapter 1
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Major league teams are prohibited from signing players until after their 16th birthday: jericho scott was banned from the little league because he was. Sociology and other social sciences: economics, exchange of resources (i. e. money), market , exchange, sociology borrowed ideas from other social sciences, exchange theory- teacher gives you knowledge, credit, tests in sociology. Boyfriend pays for dinner, boyfriend hopes for. If you"re a man you have to marry your mother"s brother"s daughter: political science (social order, conflict, psychology (social psychology, symbolic interactionism, social work (basic vs. applied sciences) The development of sociology: comte (father of sociology): social physics, law of human progress (theological, metaphysical, scientific), social statics/dynamics, spencer: theory of social evolution (simple/complex), came up with term. Sociology in north america: chicago school; g. h. Robert park (urban sociology) later to east coast: grand theory and middle-range theory by r. merton. Simple vs. generalized exch: power relationship/principle of least interest.
