SOCL 2001 : SOCL Notes Exam1
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Danny almonte story baseball players cheats by lying about age; draws attention to dominican republic poor record keeping(birth certificate falsification) racism, poverty patterns in dr. Sociological perspective: way to recognize patterns in social events and view personal experiences in the light of these patterns. Sociological imagination: the vivid awareness of the relationship bet. experience and the wider society. Socl perspective on katrina: hit urban areas harder than other areas; women better off; fear of crime; new orleans changed less blacks more hispanics (came to rebuild); crime rate went up. Socl pers. on earthquake in japan: people didn"t blame god like in katrina; Sociology: the scientific study of social relationships, social institutions, and society. Sociology and common sense: (marriage and divorce, capital punishment and murder rates, race and suicide, etc. ) Conflict theory: conflict is inevitable cause of social action/change development of sociology : new science (end of 19th century), industrial revolution provided basis for sociology.
