SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Protestantism
19 Jan 2017
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Objectives: define & apply the sociological imagination (c wright mill ,1950, ide(cid:374)tify & apply durkhei(cid:373)"s 4 types of suicide. Race or physical traits being judged by others. Desperate to succeed (jobs and grade being more important) Internet (the ability to go online and search up answers to cheat) The sociological imagination refers to look past sociological expectations & individual problems to see suicide as a social problem. Definition of social solidarity: the degree to which group members share beliefs and values & the intensity and frequency of their interaction. Definition of sociological imagination: is the quality of mind that enables a person to see the connection between personal troubles and social structures. Christians/ protestant are more likely to commit suicide than jews. Seniors are more likely to commit suicide than the young & middle aged people. Expectation: that the lower of suicide, the higher of social solidary.
