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Table of Content Definition of Sociology 2 Difference between Sociology and Psychology and Social Work 2 Why knowledge is important. 3 Why education is important. 4 How knowledge is obtained. 5 Why sociologists rely on the scientific method. 5 Advantages of the scientific method. 6 Science. 6 The methods of science. 6 Can science be used to study human beings? 7 Stages of scientific investigation. 7 Methods of Sociological Research. 8 Survey, Experiment, Participant Observation, Content Analysis The Sociological Perspective 11 The Sociological Imagination Schools in Sociology 12 Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism Culture 16 Definition of Culture, Elements of Culture, Function of Culture Integration of Culture, Cultural Determinism Socialization 20 Definition of Socialization, Theories of Socialization: Psychoanalysis, Theory of the Self. Social Structure 26 Definition of Social Structure, Reality of Group, Levels of Analysis, Elements of Social Structure Social Structure Analysis of Street Life 18. Social Structural Analysis of Suicide 33 19. Stratification 36 Areas of Inequality, Theories of Origin of Inequality, Social Class Reputational Approach, Subjective Identification Approach, Objective Approach Urbanization and The Urban Crises 42 Theories of City Growth, Urban Flight, Urbanism as a Way of Life Sex Roles and Gender Stratification 44 Racial/Ethnic Stratification 46 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY CLASS NOTES 1. DEFINITION OF SOCIOLOGY Sociology is an academic discipline whose goal is to acquire knowledge about: the functioning of human groups, society, social interaction and social life. There isn’t one definition of sociology on which all sociologists would agree, but