
basic sociological concepts
... In common parlance, the word `community' is used for a collection of people who do related kinds of work, such as the "teachers community" or the "doctors community". It is also used to denote a collection of people who share something in common as the ‘Hindu community’ the ‘Parsi community’ or the ...
... In common parlance, the word `community' is used for a collection of people who do related kinds of work, such as the "teachers community" or the "doctors community". It is also used to denote a collection of people who share something in common as the ‘Hindu community’ the ‘Parsi community’ or the ...
Simmel 2 - SOC 331: Foundations of Sociological Theory
... • “Thus the metropolitan type of man -- which, of course, exists in a thousand individual variants -- develops an organ protecting him against the threatening currents and discrepancies of his external environment which would uproot him. He reacts with his head instead of his heart. .... Intellectua ...
... • “Thus the metropolitan type of man -- which, of course, exists in a thousand individual variants -- develops an organ protecting him against the threatening currents and discrepancies of his external environment which would uproot him. He reacts with his head instead of his heart. .... Intellectua ...
Sociology
... • “I”: The self as subject who makes decisions and takes actions based on his or her desires • “Me”: The self as object as the person is regarded by others • Take the role of the other: To understand how others view the situation and what it means from their perspective • Generalized other: The coll ...
... • “I”: The self as subject who makes decisions and takes actions based on his or her desires • “Me”: The self as object as the person is regarded by others • Take the role of the other: To understand how others view the situation and what it means from their perspective • Generalized other: The coll ...
White collar criminality
... From statistics criminologists have derived general theories of criminal behaviour. Their conclusion was the following: Since crime is concentrated in the lower class, it is caused by poverty or by personal and social characteristics believed to be associated statistically with poverty, including f ...
... From statistics criminologists have derived general theories of criminal behaviour. Their conclusion was the following: Since crime is concentrated in the lower class, it is caused by poverty or by personal and social characteristics believed to be associated statistically with poverty, including f ...
Sociology is the study of the social world around us, the social
... Sociology is the study of the social world around us, the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and how people interact within these contexts. Since all human behavior is social, the subject matter of sociolo ...
... Sociology is the study of the social world around us, the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and how people interact within these contexts. Since all human behavior is social, the subject matter of sociolo ...
INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY SOCY1001.04 - SPRING 2015 Liam Martin
... Sociology comes with a basic assumption: our individual biographies are intertwined with the history we share with other human beings. Many of our problems are not only personal, but social, collective problems that go beyond any one life. Take unemployment. In a society where one person is out of w ...
... Sociology comes with a basic assumption: our individual biographies are intertwined with the history we share with other human beings. Many of our problems are not only personal, but social, collective problems that go beyond any one life. Take unemployment. In a society where one person is out of w ...
Intro Sociology
... legitimate means that society provides will lead to the valued goals. (c) The legitimate opportunities for meeting these goals (e.g., education, a well-paying job) are closed to a significant portion of people. The rate of deviance is likely to be high under any one of these conditions. The high val ...
... legitimate means that society provides will lead to the valued goals. (c) The legitimate opportunities for meeting these goals (e.g., education, a well-paying job) are closed to a significant portion of people. The rate of deviance is likely to be high under any one of these conditions. The high val ...
I. WHAT IS A SOCIAL PROBLEM? II. ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL
... 1. Institution: an established and enduring pattern of social relationships a. Traditional institutions: family, religion, politics, economics, and education b. Other institutions important in modern society: science and technology, mass media, medicine, sports, military 2. Social groups: two or mor ...
... 1. Institution: an established and enduring pattern of social relationships a. Traditional institutions: family, religion, politics, economics, and education b. Other institutions important in modern society: science and technology, mass media, medicine, sports, military 2. Social groups: two or mor ...