SOC-2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Relative Deprivation, Scientific Method
1 Sep 2016
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Sociology the systematic study of society and social interaction , relationship between individuals and society. Sociological perspective (sociological imagination) perspective where we see individuals by looking at the broader situation. Sociology can help to: understand ourselves and our social world, understand how society shapes us and vice versa, promote understanding and tolerance, make the familiar, strange - paradox. Relative deprivation humans compare themselves to the people around them, constant competition with each other. Sociological imagination allows us to: see the relationship between the individual and society (how society shapes the individual, discover the general in the specific , connect personal troubles and public issues. Social institution society has certain institutions to fulfill specific roles/needs for the society: ex economy, family, the media, education, the state (government), healthcare. Institutions can be societal patterns of behavior around certain purposes/functions. Can also be general patterns of behavior that come from societal conditions these can change over time.
