SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Class, Purebasic, Protestant Work Ethic
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Sociological perspectives: the social contexts in which people live and how these contexts influence their lives. Sociological imagination: a way of looking at the world that allows links between the apparently private problems of the individual and important social issues. Society: the group of people with whom they share a culture and territory. Social location: the group memberships that people have because of their location in history and society. Macrosociology: focuses on the broad features of society. Conflict theory, functionalism, and feminism focus on the broader picture and are examples of a macro sociological approach. Microsociology: analysis of a social life focusing on social interaction; an approach usually used by symbolic interactionists. Social interaction: what people do when they are in one another"s presence; Symbolic interactionism, queer theory, postmodernism, and feminism are examples of a micro sociological approach. Verstehen: best understood as to have insight into someone"s situation . Subjective meanings: are meanings that people give to their own behaviour.
