SOC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nuremberg, High Culture, Class Conflict

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Rozenbroek Katelyn

Document Summary

Scientific study of the interaction between societies and individuals. There"s a reciprocal relationship between people and society: purpose of sociology, sociological imagination. Ability to grasp the relationship between individual lives and the larger social forces that shape them. Being able to see public issues without thinking about your personal problems and vice versa. (e. g. : teen pregnancy as a personal trouble and welfare programs, no jobs as public issues) History time period: c. wright mills, agency. Ability of individuals in groups to exercise free will and make a social change whether on a small of large scale: structure. The parent social arrangements that have an effect on agency. Example: we have the free will (agency) to vote for whoever we want, and who wins will affect the structure: rules of critical thinking (6, development of sociological thinking (4) Took power off the church (people started looking for facts)