Sociology 1020 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bourgeoisie, Aboriginal Peoples In Canada, Structural Level

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1020
• Professor: Scott Schaffer

Document Summary

Fall midterm review tuesday, october 30th, 2018. Sociology: the study of the diverse contexts within which individuals" lives unfold and the social world is created. Sociological toolbox are the key elements of what it actually means to think sociologically. The capacity to think systematically about how things we experience as personal problems. Helps us understand that other options are possible, and to question our previous assumptions. A sociological imagination challenges stereotypes by raising questions about where they come from, what they are based on, who stands to benefit them, and why they are harmful. Requires us to ask deep and meaningful questions about our world. Personal troubles occur on individual level (limited by the scope of one"s biography), while public issues transcend the individual and are collective interests or values felt to be threatened. It"s a personal problem if only one person being unemployed among millions of individuals within a nation.