week introduction to sociology

7/31/2019 Week Introduction to Sociology

1/17

Introduction

to Sociology


2/17

LEARNING OUTCOME Identify the concept of sociology, society,

culture. Understand the importance of society

development. Appreciate the theory of Karl Mark & Max

Weber Understand the Micro and Macro

Sociology concepts.


3/17

SOCIOLOGYSocio- (Latin) Common reoccurring social patternsbetween two or more people.

logos- (Greek) method of study

SOCIOLOGY is...

Social Interactions - two-way communication between:

individual - individual

individual - group

individuals - societies

group - group

group - society

society - society


4/17

Why is sociology important?

In hospital administration?

Hospital have various kind of patients:

Different gender

Different race

Different religion

Different culture

Different level of education

Have to deal with various level of hospitalstaff.


5/17

Understand the concept of group inhospital and in daily routine

Friends

Family

Religious group

Most entire life with group

Interaction with people


6/17

What is society? Refers to a group of people who share a defined territory and

culture.

Collection of interacting individuals sharing the same way of lifeand living in the same territory.

Status position in society.

When you interacting with a friend, you are likely to be relaxed,

informal, uninhibited, but when talking with professor, you aremore likely to be a bit stiff and to act in a formal, inhibited way.

The status as student differs from status as friend.


7/17


8/17

Group- when people interact in accordancewith their statuses and roles.

A collection of people who interact with oneanother and have a certain feeling of unity.

i) Primary group

ii) Secondary group


9/17

What is Culture? The totally of learn, socially transmitted custom,

knowledge, material object and behavior.

Cultural differences distinguish societies from one

another. Eg: marriage, burial

Material culture- every conceivable kind of physicalobject produce by humans, from spears and plows to

cooking pots. Nonmaterial culture- the intangible aspect of culture.

Includes knowledge and believe (cognitivecomponent).


10/17

Knowledge- collection of relatively objectiveideas and facts about our physical and socialworlds.

Turn into technology, can be used to controlthe natural environment and to deal withsocial problem.

Beliefs- ideas that are relatively subjective,

unreliable, or unverifiable. Examples; the ideas that God controls our

lives.


11/17

Societal development Organizational structure can develop

through a typical pattern.

For example: all society will begin ashunter-gatherer.


12/17

Hunter-Gatherer Based on the exploitation of wild plants and animals

Men hunt animal, women gather wild plants

Hunter-gatherers are relatively mobile

Have fluid boundaries and composition

Usually nomadic why? Very low population densities

Have non-hierarchical social structure

why?

They are nomadiccant store food so full-time

leader/king are not supported They prefer egalitarianism (any moral belief that emphasizes the

equality of morally-significant beings)

Why?

they dont have control over food


13/17

Key thinkers under Sociology Karl Marx

Max Webber

Technological revolution

Industrialization

urbanization

They try to understand what is going

on with their life.They came out with different theories

different perspective.


14/17

Karl Marx Prepare a platform called Communist Manifesto

- argued that the masses of people with no resourcesother than their labor (whom their referred to as theproletariat) should unite to fight for the overthrow ofcapitalist society.

Society was fundamentally divided between classes.

Saw the factory as the center of conflict between theexploiters (the owner of the means of production) and

the exploited (the worker).

Emphasized the group identification and associationthat influence an individuals place in society.


15/17

Mark Webber Thought his student should employ Verstehen

(German)understand @ insight in their intellectualwork.

Must learn the subjective meanings people attach totheir action how they view and explain theirbehavior.

Ideal type construct, or made up model, that servedas a measuring or against which actual cases be

evaluate.


16/17

Macro and Microsociology Macrosociology

- large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations Society Divorce rate

Microsociology- small group and often uses experimental study inlaboratories Small group

Small scale interaction What are the role we play

Students, friend What are the appropriate behavior for each role


17/17

week introduction to sociology

Documents