SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Seal Hunting, Critical Theory, Antipositivism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Socializing is how we bring you in the world as a culture society as a country. Everything you know about yourself was taught by how you were raised by others. Family is the most important (primary) socialization agent. Sociologists identify general social patterns in the behavior of particular individuals. Power of society to shape even our most private choices; ie suicide. People at the margins of social life are aware of social patterns that others rarely think about. Where we live shape the lives we lead. Societies throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Many problems we face in canada are more serious elsewhere. Sociology has played an importance role in the development of canadian public policy. Public policy are the rules the way we live in the world. Charter of rights and freedoms is a public policy. Sociology can have an important role in our won personal growth.