SOC 112- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 65 pages long!)
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What is sociology: sociology, like other human sciences (psychology, anthropology, economics, etc. ) attempts to help us understand and explain human behavior, sociology is a human science. It differs from the other human sciences also called social sciences. It attempts to explain human behavior by focusing on how society is structured or organized. Different theoretical perspectives: sociologists view human behavior from different theoretical perspectives, the theoretical perspective affects how one interprets behavior. Is the behavior driven by macro-level factors: society causes people to behave a particular way. Origin of sociology: sociology originates from the enlightenment (17th and 18th century) which occurs during the. Auguste comte: father of sociology: comte viewed the study of human behavior as social physics, he proposed we use scientific methods to study people, he coined the term sociology. Other founders of sociology: marx, weber, durkheim. First example of human behavior divorce: what explains why couples divorce, financial problems.
