Sociology 2234E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Sociological Imagination, C. Wright Mills, Fundamental Attribution Error
15 Apr 2013
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Review: c wright mills and the sociological imagination. The ability to understand how society influences an individuals situation and ideally this information would allow one to change his or her situation. When people explain individual outcomes by thinking of an individual"s disposition as causing an outcome rather than considering the social situation that impacts a person. Contribute inside factors to a situation rather than outside factors. For example someone failed a test because they were stupid or unorganized. Not because the test was hard or they stayed up all night with their sick child. Social psychology connects the self at the micro level to society at the macro level. Study of how the individual is shaped by society. Sociologists like goffman often look at society through a very small frame. Wrote the sociological imagination the cover of it was shown in class and it depicts how the individual is like a puzzle piece and society is the larger puzzle.
