SOC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Statics, Auguste Comte, The Sociological Imagination
26 Mar 2018
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Social networks: the ties between people, groups and organizations work. Society: a large group of people who live in the same area and participate in common culture. The sociological imagination the capacity to think systematically about how things we experience as personal problems. Invented the term the sociological imagination : stated that it enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. "to understand social life we must understand the intersection between biography and history" Stereotype: making faulty generalization about individuals based on what we think we know about the groups they are members of. For example, saying all women are bad drivers, men don"t know how to ask for directions, etc. Aphorism: short phrases stating a truth or opinion. Social content: the influence of society on individuals. For example, violence can be absorbed and transmitted through neighbourhood contents. For example men have more status and power over women.
