SOC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1 and 3: Auguste Comte, Informed Consent, The Sociological Imagination

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1010
• Professor: Lovaglia Michael

Document Summary

Tools of sociologists: observation, reasoning, logical analysis. Sociological perspective: the skill of seeing societal patterns that influence individuals and groups: concepts to grasping the sociological perspective: Social structure: pattern of social relationships and institutions that shape society. Social interaction: meaningful behavior between two people or more. Social institutions: systems of social structure with a specific goal or purpose (religion, family, marriage etc. ) Social change: alteration of society over a time period: c. wright mills: 1916-1962. Mills believed the purpose of sociology was to understand the whole of human society. One of the original sociologists that wrote about the concept of sociological perspective. The goal of sociology is to have an understanding of the relationship connecting people as individuals and individuals involved in groups. Sociological imagination: capability to see social patterns that individuals and groups of individuals are affected by: troubles vs. issues. Troubles: personal problems caused by events or feelings that a person experiences.