sociological approach

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sociological approach
- defining sociology
  - social factors shaping human behaviour.
    - study of society: group of people.
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sociological approach
- defining sociology
- study of society: group of people who share a culture or a way of life.
  - what sociologists study.
    - social structures
      - families
education
- legal system
  - social stratification
    - social processes
      - primary and gender socialization.
        secondary socialization
        formal and informal social control.
        discrimination.
        social issues
        teenage parenthood
        educational underachievement.
        fear of crime.
        causes and effects of inequality.
        sociology and psychology
        psychologists: individual: mental illness
        sociologists: social influences: group behaviour.
        sociology and biology
Biologists: biological causes or characteristics.
- sociologists: social or cultural.
  - sociology and journalism
reporting may be biased and research is less thorough.
- sociologists: select and use evidence in a balanced way.