SOCI 1F90 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Pierre Bourdieu, Erving Goffman, Resocialization
24 Nov 2016
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Sociology mid term: wright mills personal problems are often public issues, individual experiences are connected to the workings of society. Quality of mind mill(cid:495)s term for the ability to view personal circumstance within a social context. Sociological imagination c. w mill(cid:495)s term for the ability to perceive how dynamic social forces influence individual lives. Sociobiology a science that uses evolutionary theory and genetic inheritance to examine the biological roots of social behaviour. Nature vs. nurture debate between whether biological forces or environment define the person we become. Nature our actions and feelings stem from our biological roots. Nurture we are the product of our socialization. Socialization lifelong process by which we learn our culture, develop our personalities, and become functioning members of society. )ndividuals learn to live together in an ordered way to produce (cid:494)society(cid:495: society then influences how people(cid:495)s character and behaviour develops. Feedback loop once society is produced it maintains it.
