SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Sociological Imagination, Sociological Theory, Unit

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 105
• Professor: Muzzatti

Document Summary

Odd/future take a step back to view scientifically and analytically. Examine the familiar like looking at it for the first time. Identify general patterns at work in society from particulars. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society. Is an invitation to better understand society. Set of tools used to engage others inquiry. Make connections - identify connections btw self and social world. 3 connections: self and social, people and society, biography and history. Agency: we have free will and are able to make choices. Forces that we may not be aware of influence our choices. We all have the same choices but not all the same opportunities. Theory: a statement about how and why specific facts are related. Paradigm: a set of knowns/absolutes/givens that people who share a discipline all understand. Exist so we don"t keep reproducing the same concepts (ex. Social world is a stable and orderly place.