Introduction to Sociology
Sociology is a science. Sociologists do not use beakers and test tubes, but as the natural sciences, they try on the world by learning theories and test them with systematic observations.
What makes sociology at once so interesting and so difficult is its subject: the social world. The company is huge and very complex: There are answers to sociological questions, but there is usually no easy answers. Besides the challenge to sociological issues, there is the challenge to ask them – that is, as a society to think about the objective, scientific study. Your grandfather and your pastor and the guy who works at the local coffee shop probably have no opinions about how atoms and should not stick together, but they all have opinions about how society should be organized. Scientific study of society is, not to mention – temporarily – on your mind should work like the company.
After you do this, you can learn but amazing things about the world. The achievements of sociologists are among the greatest achievements of mankind, because in sociology, people come together from all different backgrounds to understand the social objective – so that in the long run, it may perhaps be done to work better for everybody. The social scientist when she is with the company does not always look pretty, but that makes sociology see important: need to know how you like a car, before you fix it, you must understand how the business works before you can change it .
Sociologists study many things – in fact, they study almost anything to interact with people has to do nothing – which means that most of the things studied by sociologists, even by people who are not studied as a sociologist. What is special about the sociology is precisely the fact that it combined the study of all these things, not just some of them includes in isolation. The fact that social scientists consider all aspects of the social world and how they are able, the connections that people who can not only see a part of the social world study.
This is part of the work of sociologists dealing with hot topics, and some sociologists have presented arguments very controversial. In immersion in the sociology, you must be ready with some ideas that you do not agree to be fair – can not agree with – with.
Religion is a way to give people money to you, and another serves no constructive purpose.
The most effective type of government is a dictatorship, where the rules smartest person.
Society works best when women stay home to cook and clean while the men go and earn money.
You do not agree with these arguments – I certainly do not – to study sociology, but do not need to be prepared, the arguments that you do not agree with his superior. If you do not agree with one or more of the following statements, why do not you? Each of the above is an empirical argument. This means that these statements are verified by objective facts. How would you test? What data do you collect? How do you analyze this data? If you believe there is no truth in these statements include, how can you prove it? This willingness to believe the social world as a scientist – that is objective – is the foundation of sociology.