Intro to Sociology

1. .
What is Sociology?
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--the scientific study of human behavior

14. WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY?
SOCIOLOGY is the scientific study of human behavior

15. • ***THINK***
• ACT
• TALK
• FUNCTION
• COMMUNICATION
• LIVE
• SEE

16. Through which lens do you see the world..................

17. What is Social Imagination?
• The sociological imagination is the concept
of being able to "think ourselves away" from
the familiar routines of our daily lives in
order to look at them anew
• Charles Wright Mills defines the ‘sociological
imagination’ as "the vivid awareness of the
relationship between experience and the
wider society."

18. Components of Sociology
• I. Organization of Social Life
• Culture
• Socialization
• Social structure
• Societal development
• Groups
• Deviance

19. • II.Conditions of Human Equality
• Social stratification
• Race
• Ethnicity
• Age
• Gender
• Social Mobility

20. • III. Pivotal Social Institutions
• Family
• Religion
• Education
• Government
• Economy