SOC101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: George Herbert Mead, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Symbolic Interactionism
17 Oct 2013
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Peter berger: seeing the general in the particular is the ability to look at seemingly unique events (particular) and then recognizing the larger (general) features involved, think about what is familiar and see it as strange. Engaging your sociological imagination: our perception of ourselves and others are the products of many factors for example, minority status, gender, socioeconomic status, family structure, urban-rural differences. As society developed, these early beings began to see the benefits of working together. The social contract is the acknowledgement that we can achieve more by working together than apart and while we lose some of our independence the benefits far outweigh the costs. The industrial revolution (around 1750: the industrial revolution replaced agriculture as our main means of supporting ourselves, changed virtually all aspects of life from family structures, how people made a living, people thoughts dream and aspirations. Introduced many social problems including child labour, poverty, malnourishment, and increased crime rates.
