SY101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Sociological Imagination, Social Constructionism, Historical Sociology
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Scientific study of society and human behaviour. Socio society and ology the study of or the science of. Widely acknowledged field of study from 1920s onward. Peter berger= that something is society within us invitation to sociology, . Social construction: the focus of social constructionism is to uncover the ways in which individuals and groups participate in the creation of their perceived reality. It is our ability to ask hard questions, instead of just accepting easily available answers (or stereotypes), that is the hallmark of a good sociological imagination. Added that sociological imagination difference between personal troubles and. Sociological imagination: is the capacity to think systematically about how. Sociological imagination core principle is the idea that individual lives things we experience as personal problems. unfold in contexts social environments, including economic and cultural conditions. Social, economic and historical context we are born into matter. Relationship b/w social interaction and social structure.
