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Introduction
to Sociology
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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.
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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
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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.
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Understand the concept of group inhospital and in daily routine
Friends
Family
Religious group
Most entire life with group
Interaction with people
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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.
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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
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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).
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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.
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Societal development Organizational structure can develop
through a typical pattern.
For example: all society will begin ashunter-gatherer.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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