SOC 1100 Lecture 1: Soc Chapter 1

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

Document Summary

The sociological perspective self ef cacy: you have con dence that you can do something. Seeing personal choice in social context: the power of society to shape even our most private choices, as humans we need to be accepted. Examples: durkheim on suicide in time of change people are most likely to commit suicide (good or bad) also people who are married or rooted in a community are less likely to commit suicide. Those of the jewish religion are less likely to commit suicide than protestants etc: suicide in a comparative perspective. Seeing sociology marginality and crisis: people at the margins of social life are aware of social patterns that others rarely think about, periods of change or crisis encourage us to use the sociological perspective. The importance of global perspective: where we live shapes the lives we lead, ex. In southern ontario we have a lot of post secondary institutions, but other places in the world where there aren"t!