lecture 1 Flashcards
(18 cards)
what is sociology?
the study of human groups and their interactions.
what is a socila network
social interactions and personal relations
what is the sociological perspective
the way socologist can dissect the dynamic relationship between individuals and larger social network
what is sociological imagination
developing an appréciation of how individual challenges are influenced bya larger social force
what is the result of individual challenges
personal troubles
what are social issues? and what is their cause
problems in the society that are cause by larger social factors
personal troubles can be a caused by what
larger social issues like obesity and where the goverment invest his funds
what is the ability to look beyong personal circumstanc and into a social context
quality of mind
if you want to have a quility of mind you must look beyond personal circumstances and into..
a social context
seeing the general in the particular is what kind of ability
to look at unique events (particuular) and recognize them as larger (general)
give an example of seeing the familiar as strange
getting graded pn a test to determine how smart we are
what is the structure that makes you you?
the network of opportunities and constraints inflyencing our behaviour
what is Agency
the ability to alter our socially contructed lives
what are factors that affect the perception we have of ourselves and others
race, sex, ability, sexual orientation, gender, area of residence, education, income, single, divorced, city, country,
what is macrosociology
attempts to understand society as a whole (big)
what approache is the attempts to understand individual or small group dynamics
Microsociology
what is quantitative sociology
- measurable behaviour
ex: crime rates - positivist in nature
what is qualitative
-Non-measurable
ex : experiences of living
-anti-positivist
