SOC 1101 Midterm: Sociology notes1

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Sociology: the systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Sociological perspective: a view of society based on the dynamic relationships between the individuals and the larger social network in which we all live. C w mills: people who do not, or cannot, recognize the social origins and character of their problems may be unable to respond to them effectively. The individual and society and linked and you cannot fully understand one without the other. To explore the connections, mills highlighted the difference between what he called personal troubles (which result from individual challenges), and social issues (which are cause by larger social factors). Quality of mind: mill"s term for the ability to view personal circumstance within a social context. To improve quality of mind sociologists need to expose the sociological imagination. Mill"s term for the ability to perceive how dynamic social forces influence individual lives and the larger society.