SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Symbolic Culture, Culture Shock
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The sociological imagination 1959: (cid:862)the so(cid:272)iologi(cid:272)al i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)atio(cid:374) e(cid:374)a(cid:271)les us to grasp histor(cid:455) a(cid:374)d (cid:271)iograph(cid:455) a(cid:374)d the relatio(cid:374)s (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the t(cid:449)o (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)(cid:863) c wright mills, not what sociology is, but what sociologists do. Sociology is primarily concerned with public issues, over personal troubles. What sociology does: not either/or, but both/and, making connections, challe(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) se(cid:374)se(cid:863) Culture consists of: the objects and symbols within a society, the meaning given to those objects and symbols, the norms, values, and beliefs within that society. Cultural expressions: gestures, language, values, norms, and sanctions, folkways, mores, and taboos. The looking glass self: developing a self-concept. We imagine how we look to others. We internalize those reactions into our self-concept. The role of the other: developing a self-concept. Personality development: three competing forces, sigmund freud. Id: the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires.
