SOCI201 Chapter 1: Chapter 1_ The Sociological Imagination
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Sociology is the study of human society: question everything. Society is always changing, but some things do remain consistent. The self is embedded in the social. Ability to see connections between our personal experience and broader forces of history. Ex: experiencing a shift in social environment. Ex: examining suicide rate and the social factors affecting it suicide rate. Higher income (economic incentive), better lifestyle; college wage premium . Is getting a diploma a physical need to a societal pressure? credentialism. Complex group of interdependent positions that perform a social role and; not monolithic. A university: the legal system, primary and secondary education system, testing services (sat, act), wage labor association, etc. More men than woman commit suicide, although more woman attempt suicide. Gdp religiosity meaning in life suicide rate gdp. Social order: horizontal division of functions vs hierarchical division of status and resources. Social structure: patterns of social organizing (economic, political, religious, etc. )