SOC 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Fact, Symbolic Interactionism, Verstehen
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The study of society-socius (being with others) ology (the study of) Sociological perspective: a view of society based on the dynamic relationship between individuals and the larger social network in which we all live in. Being able to think about private troubles in relation to public issues. Helps us understand that things change over time. Instead of focusing on one person"s problems, focusing if that problem is larger. Situate the self in relation to the society: an individual"s failures and their successes are not there"s alone. Sociological imagination: c. w mills term for the ability to perceive how dynamic social forces influence individual lives. Quality of mind: mills term for the ability to view personal circumstances within social context. Sociologist: object for them is to look for the strange and the familiar as well as the general and the particular. Take an experience snapshot, we abstract it and see how certain ideas are taken from it. (genders, actions etc)
