Lecture - Doing Soc

Question 1

fundamental technique for social sucess

Answer 1

see every social situation from another’s point of view as well as your own, - George herbert mead

Question 2

BASICS of sociological investigation

Answer 2

look at the world using the sociological perspective

• bee curious, see the strange in the familiar
• try to find general pattern in particular observations
• use the pattern to build a theory that explains why
• check theory

Question 3

social structure

Answer 3

repeated patters of behavior that come to constrain individuals

Question 4

science

Answer 4

logical system that bases knowledge on direct systematic observation

Question 5

empirical evidence

Answer 5

observed evidence, information we are able to verify with our senses