SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Microsociology, The Sociological Imagination, Symbolic Interactionism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 202
• Professor: Curtis Maloley

Document Summary

Sociology is the study and analysis of the relationships which develop between people as they organize themselves and are organized by others. Sociological knowledge shows not only how society works, but how society works in terms of my personal life. Connection between personal troubles and social structures: wright mills (1916-1962) Key gure in the development of sociology. Professor at columbia university in new york. Challenged conservative ideas of his colleagues and u. s. gov. in1950s. Published 7 books, including: the sociological imagination (1959) Mills coined the term sociological imagination to refer to the principle goal that scholars and students pf sociology should strive to achieve. Seeing the general in the particular: 2. Seeing the odd in the familiar: 3. Con rmation bias: sociological imagination can help us to become aware of confirmation bias. The tendency to look for information and evidence that supports our pre-existing beliefs. The sociological imagination plays out in 3 principle ways: 1.