SOCL 2001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Sociological Imagination, Scientific Method, Spider Web
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Sociologists examine the way we go about our day to day lives. Micro: small groups, clubs, counties, individual level or status characteristics ex. Macro: nations, continents, planets, big picture, largest level ex. Meso: small group, regional (state) or firm ex. Anywhere between 10 people hanging out or the state of la. Variety of methods ranging from experiments to statistics to interviews. Takes the same steps of the scientific method and applies them to day to day life. It is a social science, subjects will act irrationally (main difference between science and social science) Measuring finding a way to discover the magnitude of a problem. Testing can be done on the individual level or group level. Sociological imagination is the ability to connect one"s personal experience to society at large and greater historical forces. Using our sociological imagination allows us to make the familiar strange or to question habits or customs that seem natural to us.
