Three phases of sociological development
1- theological stage: explanation by personified deities
2- metaphysical stage: abstract forces/powers guiding and determining events in the world
3- positivity stage: scientific explanation based on observation
School of Sociology at University of Chicago
First department of sociology
Robert Edgerton and Sick Societies
Challenges the myth of primitive harmony
Sapir Whorf Hypothesis
Language affects the speakers world view or cognition
Accomplishing a literature review
Read the literature, yo.