SOC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Medical Sociology, Settlement Movement, Public Sociology
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Global apparel companies should take responsibility for conditions at their suppliers" factories, even if those factories are located halfway around the world. Unequal global economy is a central topic of sociology. Sociology looks at how others influence our behavior. Sociology: the scientific study of social behavior and human groups. It focuses on social relationships; how those relationships influence people"s behavior; and how societies, the sum total of those relationships, develop and change. Sociological imagination: an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society, both today and in the past. This awareness allows all of us to comprehend the links between our immediate, personal social settings and the remote, impersonal social world that surrounds and helps to shape us. A key element in the sociological imagination is the ability to view one"s own society as an outsider would, rather than only from the perspective of personal experiences and cultural biases.
