SOC101 Chapter Notes -Socioeconomic Status, Achieved Status, Visible Minority
21 Aug 2013
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Sociology: systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Sociological perspective: unique way sociologists view the world and dissect the dynamic relationship between people and social network. Suggested: people who do not / can"t recognize social origins and character of problems may be unable to respond to problems effectively: failing to appreciate diminished ability to understand and resolve. Quality of mind: ability to view personal circumstance within a social context. Much private uneasiness goes unformulated; much public malaise and many decisions of enormous structural relevance never become public issues. Sociological imagination: ability to understand dynamic relationship between individual lives and larger society: step out of own condition and look at yourself from new perspective. Ability to look at seemingly unique events or circumstances and then recognize larger (general) features involved: recognize that while you may have seen only one street person, there"s many you haven"t seen. Appreciation of the circumstance to broaden perspective of larger social patterns that create and.
