SOC 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Unit, Meritocracy, The Sociological Imagination
7 Oct 2014
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The odd in the familiar: step back and notice things with a new, see what you don"t notice because it is always. The general in the particular: way of identifying a specific event/instance and general sociological behavior/patterns and apply. Impact an indiv. has on society: biography and history. Connection between story of an indiv. life and story of society. Impact history has on a specific indiv. "s life. Unit 1: yourself and the social world. Sociology and choice : choice is given to us by society. Not everyone has same number of choices: society recognizes choices of indiv. and free will. Agency: free will, personal choice, rational, we all have agency. Paradigms and theories relationships: theories are specific, more theories than paradigms. Theories can be related to any 2 facts. Sociological paradigms: paradigms: set of assumptions/givens that directs thinking and research. Very general and broad: theories: specific statements why and how 2 facts are related.
