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Title: Introduction To Sociology


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Introduction To Sociology
  • WELCOME!

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What is Sociology?
  • Doob - ...is the scientific study of human
    behavior in groups and of the social forces that
    influence that behavior.
  • ...the scientific study of human society and
    social behavior.
  • Sociology - A systematic and objective study of
    society and social behavior.

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  • What do we mean by systematic? ...use
    of science, scientific method.
  • Empirical, rather than pre-science method. How
    do we know? The ways of establishing
    facts.
  • Pre-Science Method
  • Authority
  • Intuition
  • Logic

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  • Positivism-
  • ...the use of scientific method and empirical
    analysis to understand human behavior.
  • What is empiricism?
  • Empirical Analysis- the use of human senses or
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