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Welcome to Sociology

Welcome to Sociology. Objective/Starter. Objective: Examine Social Life Starter: How do you think the study of sociology might be similar to the study of history? What might you already know about the study of sociology?.

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Welcome to Sociology

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  1. Welcome to Sociology

  2. Objective/Starter • Objective: Examine Social Life • Starter: • How do you think the study of sociology might be similar to the study of history? • What might you already know about the study of sociology?

  3. True or False*Do not have to write the question, please answer to the best of your ability* Because society is made up of individuals, sociologists must focus on individuals to understand how societies operate. Sociologist study human society and social behavior. Consequently, sociologists focus on the group rather than on the individual Sociology, which focuses on current societies, has little in common with social sciences such as history, which focuses on the past, or psychology, which focuses on the mind

  4. True/False All social sciences overlap in their focus. Sociologists might be interested in the histories of society, the psychology of group behavior, or the effects of economic or political systems on societies. Over the years, the study of sociology has probably produces some standard theories about the nature of social life to which all sociologists subscribe. Because society can be examined from a variety of perspectives, sociologists probably disagree as the nature of social life.

  5. Answers True False True False True False

  6. What is Sociology? The social science that studies human society and social behavior

  7. Sociological Specialties • Social Behavior and groups can be examined from a variety of angles • Many focus on a specific area of study: • Adolescence • Aging • *Life Course • Crime • Education • Health and Medicine • Labor and Occupations • Racial and Ethnic Minorities • Sports • Create five questions you might ask a sociologist in their specialty field

  8. Foundation

  9. Examining Social Life Sociology is the social science that studies human society and social behavior Social Sciences are the disciplines that study human social behavior or institutions and functions of human society in a scientific manner Social Interaction-How people relate to one another and influence each other’s behaviors (group rather than individual) Social Phenomena-Observable facts or events that involve human society

  10. A New Perspective

  11. Sociological Perspective • Involves looking at life in a scientific way rather than depending on common-sense explanations • By adopting a sociological perspective, you can look beyond commonly held beliefs to the hidden meaning behind human actions • Helps you see that all people are social beings • Your behavior is influenced by social factors that you have learned your behavior from others • Broaden your view of the social world • Helps you view your own life within a larger social and historical context

  12. Sociological Imagination • The ability to see the connection between the larger world and your personal life with what C. Wright Mills called the sociological imagination • The capacity to range from the most impersonal and remote [topics] to the most intimate features of the human self-and to see the relations between the two.

  13. Sociological Imagination Activity

  14. C. Wright Mills American sociologist who was concerned with sociology’s application to the real world and the daily lives of individual society

  15. History • HISTORY: Men and women do not define the troubles they endure in terms of historical change • Sociological Imagination enables its possessor (the person living the experiences) to understand the larger historical scene. • Why are sociologists so concerned with history? To see how our experiences and lessons we learn affect our chances in life.

  16. Biography and History Biography-Experiences of an individual History-Experiences of a society Agency-The ability to actively participate and change circumstances Structure-Social factors that may influence/limit a person’s agency *Activity: On a separate piece of paper, list and describe 3 examples of agency and structure affecting biography and history

  17. Social Sciences Anthropology: The comparative study of past and present cultures Psychology: The science of behavior and mental processes Social Psychology: The study of how the social environment affects an individuals behavior and personality Economics: The study of the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants Political Science: The examination of the organization and operation of governments History : The study of past events

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