SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Siq, The Sociological Imagination
12 Dec 2016
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Individual experiences connected to a social context. If you have a significant number of adults who are unemployed we start questioning if it has something to do with society (i. e problem in economy: divorce: Ability to take a personal experience and relate it to society. C. wright mills: made the expression, private troubles connected to a broader social context example of multiple choice question: The sociological imagination allows people to understand the relationship between: a: social structure and human agency, b: processes and structures, c: psychology, biology, sociology, d: public or social issues and private troubles, e: nature and nurture. ** the more strongly anchored or attached a person is to society the less likely they are to commit suicide (solidarity) Rates of suicide vary by certain factors (gender, marital status, religion lots of integration between members equals lower rates of suicide.
