Sociology 1025A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Sociological Imagination, Auguste Comte, French Revolution

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1025A/B
• Professor: Lauren Barr

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Summary of sociology"s concepts - things are not always what they seem. On the surface, viewers see a cohesive image of a blue eye. If we walk up to the television screen and look more closely, we see that the image is really columns and rows of tiny coloured pixels. Why are you a student: personal choice, family/friends, life chances, societal norms. I(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tors (cid:272)a(cid:374) defi(cid:374)e a(cid:374)d dis(cid:272)uss we(cid:271)er"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of (cid:862)life (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:863), asking students what resources and obstacles they have personally encountered or have observed other people encountering in pursuit of a post-secondary education. I(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tors (cid:272)a(cid:374) defi(cid:374)e (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)s(cid:863), dis(cid:272)uss the fa(cid:272)tors that ha(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)tri(cid:271)uted to post- secondary education becoming normative, and those factors that contribute to variations in post-secondary enrollment (e. g. economic downturns). To a certain extent, we do make a choice about what we want to do and why. Normative: behaviours, appearances, or thoughts that adhere to society"s norms. For example, in canadian society, a postsecondary education is normative.