{"id":22,"date":"2016-04-16T00:52:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T00:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontosociology-waymaker\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=22"},"modified":"2024-04-25T03:13:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T03:13:26","slug":"outcome-sociology","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductiontosociology\/chapter\/outcome-sociology\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Sociology","rendered":"Introduction to Sociology"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: define sociology and describe the historical and social context from which it emerged<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5311\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"547\"]<img class=\"wp-image-5311\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2034\/2016\/04\/24131727\/CNX_Soc2e_Figure_01_01_001.jpg\" alt=\"Crowded escalator in the subway.\" width=\"547\" height=\"309\" \/> <strong>Figure 1<\/strong>. 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