SOC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: The Sociological Imagination, Vise, Social Change
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Taught u. s. citizens how truly integrated and connected they are with the international community. In a weird way, widespread trauma brings a country together socially. The scientific study of social life, social change and social causes and consequences of human behavior. Helps us understand our relationships with others. Aims to study how society shapes and is shaped by individuals, small groups of people and big groups of people ranging from groups of two people (the smallest social unit, also called a dyad") to entire nations. The process by which the entire world is becoming a single interdependent entity. All interconnected in one way or another. Our individual beliefs and behaviors as well as our experiences are often derived from the connections we have to our social groups. Interaction between the individual and the group is a two-way process in which each influences the other. Events in our social life affect our individual life and vise versa.
