SOCI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Harriet Martineau, Auguste Comte, Symbolic Interactionism
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Sociological imagination: the application of imaginative thought to the asking and answering of sociological questions. Someone using the sociological imagination thinks himself away from the familiar routines of daily life. Social structure: the underlying regulation or patterns in how people behave in their relationships with one another. Social construction: an idea or practice that a group of people agree exists. It is maintained over time by people taking its existence for granted: sociology teaches us in many ways we are freer than we think-that the things we think are natural are actually created by human beings. Socialization: the social processes through which children develop an awareness of social norms and values and achieve a distinct sense of self. Du bois: the first african american to earn a doctorate from harvard, the concept of double conscioussness, a way of talking about indentity through the lens of the experiences of african americans.
