SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Forces, Visible Minority

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1
• Professor: brown

Document Summary

Sociology: systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Explore c. w. mills"s concept of the sociological imagination through personal examples. Charles wright mills one of the most influential american sociologists of all time. He suggested that people who do not, or cannot, recognize the social origins and character of their problems may be unable to respond to them effectively. Failing to appreciate how individual challenges are influenced by larger social forces diminishes a person"s ability to understand and resolve them. Personal troubles: result from individual challenges and social issues (which are caused taken into account by larger social factors) Unique personal troubles can be understood only if the larger social environment is. Personal troubles rarely become larger social issues because people don"t equate them. Quality of mind: ability to look beyond personal circumstance (thinking beyond one"s own condition) and into social context (ex.