SOCIOLOGY

AN INTRODUCTION

PREPARED BY GROUP 1
 WHAT IS Sociology is the

SOCIOLOGY? scientific study of society

— of people interacting
in groups, from small
social circles to global
society.
SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
political science
anthropology
gender studies
ethnic studies
cultural studies
 THE POWER TRIO

Karl Marx Emile Durkheim Max Weber

(1818-1883) (1858-1917) (1864-1920)
 TYPES OF
SOCIOLOGICAL
ANALYSIS
Quantitative analysis 
Qualitative analysis
Macrosociological analysis
Microsociological analysis
Network analysis
“All animals are equal, but some are
more equal than others,”
- George Orwells's Animal Farm -
MEANS OF SOCIAL
INEQUALITY
Income/Wealth Motivation
Occupation Connections
Innate Ability Credentials
Race/ Sex/ Caste Specialized Knowledge
Discrimination Age Discrimination
THREE
According to Sociologist
Richard B. Scott, every
ASPECTS social organization

OF SOCIAL behaves, to some extent,

ORGANIZA in each of these three

TION ways:
As a Rational System
As a Natural System
As an Open System
COMMON
MISCONCEPTIONS
ABOUT SOCIETY
SOCIAL
INEQUALITY
IS DESERVED.
It’s not necessarily true that people who
lack such resources are lacking them
because it’s somehow their fault.
RACE AND
GENDER
DON’T
MATTER ANY
MORE.
it’s flatly false to say that physical
characteristics — skin color, sex, height,
weight, you name it — no longer
matter.
SOCIETY
PREVENTS US
FROM BEING
OUR “TRUE
SELVES”.
This is one of the most important
reasons to study sociology: If you don’t
understand your society, you can’t truly
understand yourself.
Source:

Sociology For Dummies Cheat Sheet. (n.d.).

Retrieved from
http://www.dummies.com/education/science/soci
ology-for-dummies-cheat-sheet/
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!