sociology

sociology
- the systematic study of humans society, social groups and social institutions
- 1. made form many perspective not individuals
C. Writght Mills
- consept of sociological imagination the ability to see the person in the contex of the social structure or see the forces on the individual
- the importance that some events have on a person
August Comte
- father of sociology in America
- coined the term sociology
- positivism: we can use the scientific method to study behavior
- believed that sociology could predict and control the human behavior he called this the priesthood of humanity

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sociology

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