Sociology 1000 C1

Sociology

studying society in a systematic way

who coined sociology?

Auguste Comte

Auguste Comte beleived

sociology had the potential to bring together all sciences and improve society

socety

largest scale human group that shares common geo location and institutions

NOT the same as states

What place is all of canada considered a different society from

Quebec

social institutions

patterned but can change overtime

ex being a barista in 2019 vs 2020

culture

system of behavior, beliefs, knowledge, values

5 dfferent types of culture

1. dom

2. counter

3. sub

4. high

5. popular/low

dom culture

imposes values and behav on society because of its political and economic power

counter culture

rejects dom culture

• think, counters the idea

sub cultures

also differ from dom culture, but dont necessarily oppose like counter does

high culture

omg your so cultured ( ACDC, classical music, def leppord)

may be hard to appreciate if not taught

popular/low culture

intrests of the majority (rap)

The sociological imagination was by…

C. Wright Mills

agency

individual choices

Individual choices are often shaped by..

larger factors

The sociological imagination

helps individuals see the connection between their lives and larger society, connects personal troubles & political issues

• by C. Wright Mills

3 foci of sociology

1. social inequality

2. social institutions

3. social change

inequality

the gap between the advantaged and disadvantaged in society

ex culture, race, gender, age

women did not get the right to vote until…

1921

visible minorites

persons other than Aboriginal peoples who are non-caucasian

in 2016 made 30.4% less income

social institutions

norms, values, rules of conduct that structure human interactions

5 core insitutions

1. family

2. education

3. religion

4. economy

5. government

secularization

process of religion losing authority over people

explains how religion is losing power in modern society

who argued modernization would decrease religion?

Karl Marx, Max weber, Emile Durkhiem

religiosity

measure of how religious a person is

is religion healthy around the world?

yes

three core aims of sociology

1. seek general themes

2. seek to asses critically what seems familiar and common sense

3. how individuals both shape and are shaped by society

goal of sociology

to see how we shape and are shaped by society

Emile Durkheim

created field of sociology

studied suicide to see the relationship between society and experience

compared the rate of suicide across groups, did not look at personal decision

according to Emile, sociology is the study of

social facts, external structure of norms, values

4 types of suicide

1. egoistic- low integration

2. altruistic- high integration

3. anomic- low regulation

4. fatalistic- high regulation

REMEMBER: E A A F

whos more likely to commit suicide protestant or caltholic

Protestant

the decision of suicide is shaped by the..

society a person lives in

independent

affects other variables

dependent

affected by other variables

think, depends on…

Quantitative research

things that can be counted

qualitivie research

research on social processes; tends to focus

on a smaller number of things to analyze.

Quantitative research includes

survey research and experiments

qualitivie research includes

interviewing and participant observation

content analysis

study documents

focus groups

interviews with larger groups of people