CABUYAO INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (SOCSCI 1) Mrs. Daryl D. Legion Handout 1 Auguste Comte – father of sociology An early nineteenth-century French philosopher who conceived the word sociology in 1839 he intended to name the new science as social physics‚ but rejected the term after a Belgian scholar Adolphe Quetelet called his area of endeavor social physics What is Sociology? A combination of Latin and Greek; socio (society) and logy (study on a high level) Sociology means the study of
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Study Guide for Exam 1 Intro to Sociology Bring # 2 Pencil Understanding Sociology Readings: Chapter 1 Article: New York: Plan to Close Prisons Stirs Anxiety in Towns That Depend on Them Sociological Imagination (C. Wright Mills)- An awareness of the relationship between an individual & the wider society; key element to sociological imagination is the ability to view one’s society as an outsider would. **Society influences: culture‚ gender identity‚ religion & social class. August
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Chapter 1 * Sociology helps people gain insight into themselves and into society‚ so they can live more satisfying‚ self-determined‚ and responsible lives * Paying attention to and making sense of the social world in a sociological way = being sociologically mindful * To be mindful of a thing is to see and appreciate its unique qualities. Ex: mindful of a person = beyond stereotypes and prejudices * People have to be understood in terms of ideas‚ feelings‚ desires‚ bodies‚ and habits
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Introduction Durkheim‚ as one of the first group in developing social concepts and sociology‚ has phrased ‘social fact as a thing’ as a new theory at that period‚ which also determined and paved the way for his other sociological theories such as anomie and suicide (Durkheim‚ 1982). Durkheim generalized that every behavioral pattern whether it is fixed or not‚ so long as can restrain people from external‚ as the term of social fact. In other words‚ social fact is like a table putting in the middle
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DIES (FOR A COMPLETE BIO. SEE STEVEN LUKES‚ "EMILE DURKHEIM: HIS LIFE AND WORK. A HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL STUDY; STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1973) "SOCIOLOGY MUST NOT BE A SIMPLE ILLUSTRATION OF READY-MADE AND DECEPTIVE TRUISMS; IT MUST FASHION DISCOVERIES WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO UPSET ACCEPTED NOTIONS." 1909 IDEAS DEVELOPED PRIOR TO 1888 I. SOCIOLOGY AS SCIENCE OF MORAL LIFE A. USE OF ORGANIC ANALOGY 1. SOCIETY COMES PRIOR TO INDIVIDUAL 2. SOCIETY AS SOMETHING BEYOND EVERY PERSON 3. PRODUCTION
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He graduated from Union College (1877). For ten years‚ he wrote items for the Springfield‚ Massachusetts Republican and the Daily Union. In 1888 he was appointed lecturer in political science at Bryn Mawr College; in 1894 he became professor of sociology at Columbia University. From 1892 to 1905 he was a vice president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. His most significant contribution is the concept of the consciousness of kind‚ which is a state of mind whereby one conscious
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"Do You Thank the Taxpayer for Your Bailout?" In the wake of billion dollar bailouts of both banks and other private industries‚ many institutions are faced with the problem of how to fix their negative images with the public. ReliantShare is a bank which received $5 billion in federal funding. CEO Ben Marshall‚ under pressure from unrelenting media‚ is trying to decide how to best handle a public relations nightmare. He feels that some of the media coverage presents an inflammatory and biased
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because of smoking. Another ten people in this class often inhale second hand smoke. Why should you leave a loved one die or even worse‚ why should you let them poison you with their sick habit? I used to smoke for eleven years‚ since I was eleven years old‚ and I never thought of the dangers caused by smoking. Finally I quit smoking four months ago. The first thing I noticed was the deeper breaths I could take‚ the cleaner smell of my clothes‚ my bedroom‚ and my car. I really want to thank my girlfriend
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1. Sociology: The study of human social behavior‚ especially the study of the origins‚ organization‚ institutions‚ and development of human society. Analysis of a social institution or societal segment as a self-contained entity or in relation to society as a whole. 2. Thomas theorem: If men define situations as real‚ they are real in their consequences(In other words‚ the interpretation of a situation causes the action. This interpretation is not objective. Actions are affected by subjective
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SOCIAL SCIENCE I SOCIOLOGY IN PHILIPPINE SETTING SOCIETY‚ CULTURE WITH FAMILY PLANNING Why Study Sociology 1. To obtain factual information about our society and different aspects of our social life. 2. Enables us to learn the application of scientific information to daily life and problems. 3. Develop the capacity to see through some of the folk‚ traditional and conventional wisdom our of society. 4. Sociology performs its most important function when superstition and misinformation are replaced
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