SOC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Collective Behavior, Social Inequality
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Sociology(simpler): study of human society and social behavior. Social behavior: behavior done in reaction to/ relationship to/ in reference to one or more other people. 1. things are not as they appear - judging a book by its cover: everything is tied together. *we are all thoroughly connected: look beyond rst thoughts . toast coming from dinosaurs. Societal traditions can keep us from unacceptable behavior. Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both -c. wright mills. Pay more attention to larger social forces that shape us: must examine: family, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, peer in uence, religion, economic status, political views. Public issues: public matter, organizations of society"s institutions. Ex: city w/10,000 people -> a few unemployed -> personal troubles. City w/500,000 people -> lots of unemployment -> public issues. If we are going to understand the larger picture of consequences, we have to see how individuals are affected
