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Premise leads to questions –Why did I join that group? –How do groups develop? –How are new members brought into the group? –How does interaction of members affect the group? –How do groups respond to conflict?TRANSCRIPT
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SOCIOLOGY•Defined by many as scientific Defined by many as scientific
study of social interaction, study of social interaction, but Whitlock’s definition is _?but Whitlock’s definition is _?
___?__.___?__.
The scientific study of group The scientific study of group human behaviorhuman behavior
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Salary Survey Report for Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology
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• Premise leads to questions– Why did I join that group?– How do groups develop?– How are new members brought into the group?– How does interaction of members affect the group?– How do groups respond to conflict?
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OBJECTIVES• Enable people to live intelligently
in social world• To deal with social problems they encounter, especially
conflict and social change.
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Two Major Approaches to Examining Social Life
Micro Individuals Social interaction
Macro Large social
systems Structures
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Social Sciences:
Anthropology: past and present culturesPsychology: mind and the individual’s behaviorSociology: study of group human behaviorEconomics: study of choices people make to satisfy their wants & needsPolitical Science: study of governmentHistory: study of past events
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Social InstitutionsSocial Institutions• As social practices As social practices
of groups become of groups become familiar, accepted familiar, accepted and expected they and expected they become become institutionsinstitutions
• Refers to Refers to organized organized practices practices and and relationshipsrelationships of of society, rather than society, rather than to to physical placesphysical places......
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Nature of Social Reality
• Whole greater than sum of parts
• Exists independently of people
• Society has its own reality
• 1 + 1 = 3
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Development of Sociology• Response to changes in peoples’ lives between
1790 & 1920• Industrial/Scientific/Intellectual Revolution
• Religious Enlightenment• Society moved from cottage, rural society to
industrial, urban society– Growth of Cities/problems it created
(SOCIAL PROBLEMS)– Housing, crime, relationships,– Led to American and French Revolution