SOC 101 Study Guide - Social Inequality, Anomie, Microsociology

• School: ASU
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

The difference between psychology and sociology psychology investigate personality and individual behavior. Sociology is the scientific study of social behavior. Microsociology is concerned with the interactions, exchanges and choices of people as affected by the social context in which the occur. The approach in sociology is often referred to as social psychology and draws upon two theoretical perspectives within this broad approach: choice and symbolic interaction. These views have diverse philosophical roots that are discussed fully in the microsociology topic. The macrosociological approach is concerned with the discovery of structure within the society as a whole, the examination of large scale relationships in society, of the relationships among the structures within the society. Structures set the tone for behavior, the context within which behavior takes place. Two sub-perspectives occur within this broader approach: conflict and functional. The sociological imagination (page 3) the awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society. , both today and in the past.