Sociology 1020 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Incest, Ascribed Status

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Sociology looking at the world through a different lens. The sociological imagination: c wright mills, 1950s, power structure, we see the world through the lens of our own experience, levels of analysis, biography human agency, micro level. Individual: we have the ability to act, mileu gemeinschaft, sense of belonging, family, community. C wright mills: sociological imagination, scientific revolution: 1550, need solid evidence not just speculation, democratic revolution: 1750, ppl are responsible for the organization of society, human intervention can solve problems, industrial revolution: 1780, created new social problems. Sociological theories: auguste compte: 1838, coined the term (cid:498)sociology(cid:499) Inspired by astronomers and physicists: adhering to scientific methods of research and a vision of the modern society, karl marx, max weber, theory: tentative explanation (ex. Ethics and the milgram study: authority figure insisting that the experiment must go on, agentic shift, someone (cid:498)made you do it(cid:499, majority telling the minority.