SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bourgeoisie, Social Class, Social Constructionism
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What is sociology: the study of human society. Sociological imagination: written by c. wright mills. Connects our personal experiences to society at large and greater historical forces. Make familiar strange or to question habits or customs that seem. Natural to us: how to use your sociological imagination: Individuals who have more social ties are less likely to commit suicide. Casual explanation of the relationship between social variables. Theories are never proven or not proven and they"re never true or. It is instead supported or rejected: conflict theory. Manifest functions: main functions or purposes of a subject. Symbolic interactionalism and social constructionism: micro-level approach, importance of interaction and meanings in situations, what does it mean to socially construct something, w. i thomas: definition of situation . If you define a situation as real, its real in its consequences. Symbolic meaning overrides the actual risk: divisions within sociology, macrosociology. Society"s social structures shape individual interactions: microsociology.
