SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Critical Thinking, Melting Pot, Individualism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Sachil Singh

Document Summary

Concepts of sociological perspective: reality, imagination and society are social constructs utilized in sociological thinking, constructs are shaped by social groups (ex. The government is shaped by the people of a country: reality, everything is influenced by a lens through which you look (in class ex. A bullfrog can only see things when they are moving, therefore things that are not moving do not. Exist to the bullfrog: sociologists do not look for universal measures to understand sociology, this requires one to be open minded and understand that the world is not black and. Instead they use many lenses to view the same events white. Imagination: utilize everyday frames of reference understand sociological ideas. Individualism: was a concept that came about in the 16th/17th century by philosophers. Locke, hobbes and machiavelli: previously, there had been more societal focus on the idea of community. Melting pot vs. mosaic concepts of integration for those new to country.