SOCL 2001 : Exam 1 For Dr. Chauvin
Document Summary
Paradox: a successful sociologist makes the familiar strange. The sociological imagination: to make the familiar strange , or to question habits or customs that seem natural to us. Everything. connecting our personal experiences to society at large and historical forces (customs/traditions). Enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. physics or positivism. Social institutions: networks of structures in society that work to socialize the groups of people within them. Ex. the legal system, the labor market, the educational system, the military, the family. Social identity: the way individuals define themselves in relationship to groups that they are a part of or not a part of. When you get married, women typically change their name. Positivism: the idea that we can scientifically and logically study social institutions and the people within them (because we can observe it).
