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Chapter 1: Introduction – Understanding Sociology

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  • increase in economic stress
  • social distancing and isolation
  • barriers to mental healthcare
  • constant and pervasive collective anxiety
  • long-term effects on frontline workers
  • effects of “long haul” COVID-19 symptoms on some infected individuals

There is evidence that deaths by suicide increased both after the 1918 flu pandemic and the 2003 SARS outbreak (Dolgin 2021; Gunnell et al. 2020). This list demonstrates the drastic changes the pandemic has had on us as individuals and a society. The next module will take a closer look at conc:

 

Module 1: Sociological Perspective — the process of understanding and explaining how individuals and groups interact within society.

Module 2: Social Structures — the distinctive and stable arrangements of social patterns that form society as a whole.

Module 3: Social Problems — the societal-level conditions that harm segments of society.

Module 4: Sociological Imagination — the ability to see the details of our own lives in the context of larger social structures as opposed to merely personal choices or personal troubles.

Module 5: Social Change — the social forces that change the organization and social structures of society.