SOC 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Social Forces, Masculinity

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 505
• Professor: Dr. Stephen Sheps

Document Summary

Social construction: an idea of practice that a group of people agree exists. Maintained over time by people taking its existence for granted. What people think and do are products of culture and history: examples of social constructs: masculinity, race, education, race, class, money. The sociological imagination: sociology is the scientific study of the connection between the individual and social structure. It examines the underlying patterns in human behaviour and our relationships with one another: c. wright mills (1959) coined the term the sociological imagination.