Sociology > QUESTIONS and ANSWERS > Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective (All)
• Sociological Perspective understand human behavior by placing it within its broader social context • Society are people who share a culture and territory. • Social location the group members ... hip that people have because of their location in history and society. • Mills (1959) “the sociological imagination (perspective) enables us to grasp the connection between history and biography. o Mills referred to people’s experience within a specific historical setting, which gives them their orientation to life. o You don’t do what you do because you inherited some internal mechanism, such as instincts but rather, external influence- your experiences – become part of your thinking and motivation • Traditions versus Science o Auguste Comte (1798-1857) ▪ who is credited as the founder of sociology, began to analyze the bases of the social order. Although he stressed that the scientist method should be applied to the study of society, he did not apply it himself. ▪ Positivism the application of scientist approach to the social world. ▪ Sociology the scientific study of society and human behavior [Show More]
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