SSCI 1300U Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Symbolic Interactionism, The Sociological Imagination, Social Constructionism

• School: UOIT
• Department: Social-Science
• Course: SSCI 1300U
• Professor: Jessica Braimoh

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Social problem: a social condition or pattern of behaviour that is believed to warrant public concern and collective action. Objective elements: the measurable features of a negative social condition. Such a condition might include crime, poverty, or alcohol abuse and can be considered an objective reality. Subjective elements: people(cid:859)s e(cid:448)aluatio(cid:374)s of o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d the pro(cid:272)esses that influence their evaluations. They include the moral labels that people apply to particular acts or situations, and the accounts they give for these acts and situations. Sociological imagination: a term used by sociologist c. wright mills in his 1959 book, the. Sociological imagination that des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)es the so(cid:272)iologist(cid:859)s a(cid:271)ility to (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)t see(cid:373)i(cid:374)gly impersonal a(cid:374)d re(cid:373)ote histori(cid:272)al for(cid:272)es to the (cid:373)ost (cid:271)asi(cid:272) i(cid:374)(cid:272)ide(cid:374)ts of a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:859)s life. The so(cid:272)iologi(cid:272)al imagination enables people to distinguish between personal troubles and public issues. Social constructionism: a sociological research approach that examines the ways people interact to create a shared social reality.