What is Sociology? Unit One, Lesson One Teacher’s Edition

Sociology: Sociology – – How do groups interact with each other? – How does the interaction between these groups affect your everyday life? Sociological Perspective –

Groups not Individuals Sociologist are much more concerned with Dori’s school of fish rather then Dori herself.

Philosophy of Sociology: They want to understand how social factors affect these behaviors. They study social structure.

Sociological Imagination: Sociological Imagination – – What groups do I belong to? – How do I interact with this group? – How does belonging to this group affect how I interact with others? Ex of groups: sports teams, alumnae associations, group of friends

Sociology and Groups Sociology focuses on groups, not individuals. What is social structure? What is the social structure of our school?

They use this method to study groups, not individuals. – Jenna lost her job at Starbucks because she is frequently late. That is not a sociological reason for loosing a job.

Ways of Sociological Research: 1 – m/watch?v=zdVuEpD9_I Y 2 – 3 –

The Survey Process First you need designate a ____________ you wish to study. – For example: Teachers at Assumption High School When conducting a survey you need to ensure _____ __________ ______ ____________ ____________ _______________ – Sample is the group of people you are actually going to survey. – For example: When surveying teachers at Assumption you would want to keep the correct male to female ratio.