SOC 1100 Lecture 1: Chapter 1
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Sociological perspective: the special point of view of sociology that sees general patterns of society in the lives of particular people. Society acts differently on various categories of people: example: children compared to adults, men vs. women, rich opposed to poor life experiences are shaped by the society in which we live. We begin to think sociologically when we realize that our individual. The sociological perspective reveals the strange idea that society shapes what we think we do. Living on the margins of society and living through a social crisis are two. The greater people"s social marginality, the better able they are to use the situations that help people see how society shapes our lives sociological perspective but also their individual lives may want to change it in some way. The sociological imagination helps people understand not only their society. The more we learn about the system and how it operates, the more we.
