SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Bell Hooks

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Social imagination: ability to see how social forces influence individuals lives. Ex) asking yourself who am i, why do i do what i do is social imagination. Judging people in black and white (without looking at all facts) means you lack quality of mind. Personal troubles are connected to social issues ( rosa parks) Peter berger: seeing general in particular and strange in familiar. Agency:people are capable of altering their social lives. Structure:opportunities and constraints from various aspects of life ex) work, family, friends, that are relatively stable over time. Ex) gay couples relationships defined by societies views. Rise of sociology came from three events: scientific, political and industrial revolution. Positivism: states all understanding is based on science. Antipositivism: states understanding is a result of human subjectivity. Values: cultural assessments that define someone as right, desirable and moral. Quantitative sociology: behaviors that can be measured ex) divorce. Qualitative sociology: behaviors that can"t be measured ex) effects of divorce.

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