Day 1 - lecture
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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12:13 PM
Basically doing fuck all and just introductions
Quizzes are not cumulative (thank god)
Final is not cumulative
All multiple choice or true or false
What is sociology?
○ Behaviour
○ Society
Psychology of society?
Analysis of society?
Difference between psychology and sociology?
○ Psychology is for an individual
○ Sociology if for at least 2 or more people
And interaction between two or more people will cause actions and reactions and sociolo
studies those actions and reactions
A lot of WHY
A lot of questions asked about group behaviour
Investigate social patterns
EXAMPLE - those who have experienced violence are more prone to commit violence (bu
Why do people perceive things the way they do
Do not take things at their face value
Discuss social issues
EXAMPLE - recreational marijuana
○ Is the use of recreational use of marijuana good or bad?
§ It can be both good and bad
§ It could do more bad than good
§ People are getting arrested for doing a lot of dumb things because of marijua
It allows us to challenge stereotypes
○ Like short people are always aggressive (bro said they aren't, he doesn’t know wha
talking about.
○ By studying society we can challenge this and all other stereotypes
○ But it is all 50/50. we could be challenging this stereotype but we could also be enf
SOCIAL VARIABLES
What do sociologists do?
○ They study social variables to the point they are able to somewhat predict the outc
○ They're able to find a pattern that can be applied to a majority of society
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○ By studying society we can challenge this and all other stereotypes
○ But it is all 50/50. we could be challenging this stereotype but we could also be enf
SOCIAL VARIABLES
What do sociologists do?
○ They study social variables to the point they are able to somewhat predict the outc
○ They're able to find a pattern that can be applied to a majority of society
Studying sociology helps you a gain a great understanding of:
○ Your own social standing and location
○ The social world
○ Social patterns
Sociological imagination
○ It helps us understand the links between sociology and politics
Origins of sociology
○ Abd al-Rahman Ibn khandun (1332 - 1406)
○ He was the first scholar to run a social study
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