THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF HUMAN SOCIETY AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
SOCIETY
IS A LARGE SOCIAL GROUPING THAT OCCUPIES THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND IS SUBJECT TO A COMMON POLITICAL AUTHORITY AND DOMINANT CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS.
WHO WAS AUGUSTE COMTE
HE COINED THE TERM SOCIOLOGY AND BELIEVED THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO THE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY WOULD ALLOW FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY.
INDUSTRIALIZATION
THE PROCESS BY WHICH SOCIETIES ARE TRANSFORMED FROM AGRICULTURE TO MANAFACTURING BASED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THIS BEGAN DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN 1760-1850.
URBANIZATION
MOVEMENT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CITIES POPULATION FROM RURAL AREAS TO CITIES.
WHAT IS SOCIAL FACTS?
PATTERNED WAYS OF BEHAVING THINKING AND FEELING, THEY ARE GENERATED AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL BUT ARE OBSERVABLE AT THE SOCIETAL LEVEL.
WHO WAS C.WRIGHT MILLS?
HE USED THIS TERM TO DESERVE THE ABILITY TO APPLY SOCIOLOGICAL REASONING AND SEE THE LINKS BETWEEN THE PERSON AND THE SOCIAL.