[SOCI 1F90] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 20 pages long Study Guide!

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Investigates the happenings of human society how various societies operate. Shift perspectives from personal to social to see their interconnections. Sociological imaginations make everyday life look unfamiliar. How people interact with one another in social groups. Interactions between individuals and/or larger social context. An invisible set of forces exerted by people over one another and themselves that encourage particular behaviours. Sociology identifies explains and challenges these forces: wright mills (1959) Sociological imagination: type of thinking that connects social forces to induvial" lives. Individual experiences are connected to the workings of society. More women get ba 46% vs 54% More men get ma 54% vs 46%, phd 68% vs 32% and medical degrees 60% vs 40% Link between the sociological imagination and social inclusion (paid employment for sociology students): How individuals learn to fit into their social environment. The lifelong process through which we learn the values, roles, and expected patterns of behaviour appropriate to particular social groups in society.