INTRODUCTION TO

SOCIOLOGY
THE START OF YOUR CAREER
WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY?

• Common Understanding of Sociology are;

Pa sosyal,
Similar to Social Work
Para sa Mayabang
Research
DEFINITION OF SOCIOLOGY

• Sociology studies the relationship and interaction

of people to various social phenomenon.
• Sociology is a Social Science that studies Society
and Human Behavior
SOCIETY

• A group of people that share the same location,

culture, language.

There is a high chance that what you believe in

life is a product of Society.
FATHER OF SOCIOLOGY

• AUGUST COMTE
• – Positivism – where we study society
in a scientific and objective way through
scientific methods.
 SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

• Seeing the General in the Particular.

- Looking for a pattern in different individual choices.

• Seeing the Strange in the Familiar

Uncovering the hidden patterns in a society by looking over some
of the common sense in a society. (Example, overcoming slavery
and pushing for women’s right)
SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION

• Understanding the
relationships of things
we control and things
that we don’t control.
WHY STUDY SOCIOLOGY?

•A good sociologist can present

opportunities that can spark
social change.
•Look beyond the
Obvious