Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Infant Mortality, Gender Studies, African-American Studies
16 Oct 2018
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Chapter 1: what is the sociological imagination and why is it worth acquiring. The capacity to think systematically of personal problems. Grasp history and biography and the relations between the two in society. Where, when and who we were born. Ask hard questions and seek answers we encounter. Individuals and members of society in the world. Identify differences in groups of people : stereotype. The assumption that group characteristics apply to every member of the group is incorrect. Sociological imagination challenges stereotypes by raising questions about where they came from, what they are based on, who stands to benefit from them, and why they are so harmful. Tools to understand and think critically and creatively about everyday assumptions that others make. 1. 1. 2 engaging our sociological imaginations: from personal puzzles to sociological questions. Try to make sense of something in the sociological world. Some people are triggered by an event that opened up their sociological imagination.
