Ch 1 - The Sociological Perspective

________: is the study of society and human behaviour Sociological perspective: stresses the social contexts in which people live.

________: focuses on politics and government.

________: focuses on processes that occur within the individuals emotions, perceptions, memory, sleep, dreams, etc.

________ + socio study how people adjust to the difficulties of life.

________: traditionally focuses on tribal people.

________ are different from sociologists since socio mainly focus on industrialised and post- industrialised societies.

________: experiences within the historical settings.

________ enables us to analyse both parts of our current reality 1- we are part of a global network 2- we have unique experiences in our smaller corners of life.

group of people who share culture and territory

group memberships that people have because of their location in history and society Sociologists look at how jobs, income, education, gender, race/ethnicity, and age affect peoples ideas and behaviour

experiences within the historical settings

the application of systematic methods to obtain knowledge + the knowledge by those methods

intellectual + academic disciplines designed to comprehend , explain, and predict events in our natural environments

intellectual + academic disciplines designed to comprehend the social world objectively by means of controlled and repeated observations

focuses on politics and government

focuses on processes that occur within the individuals emotions, perceptions, memory, sleep, dreams, etc