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Nicole A. Apongol
WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY?
Science.
TYPES OF SOCIOLOGY
Microsociology Macrosociology
Focus on the individuals that Analysis of social system and
make up society. population on a large scale.
Change in an individuals life Focuses on a society as a
depends on social and whole and aims to establish a
environmental stimuli. general characteristics of
society.
THREE TYPES OF SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE,
EACH WITH ITS OWN STRENGTHS,
LIMITATIONS, AND PRACTICAL USES
1. Positivist Sociology
2. Interpretive Sociology
3. Critical Sociology
POSITIVIST SOCIOLOGY