SOC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Philosophical Logic, Symbolic Interactionism, Double Consciousness
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Scientific way of learning about the world that combines logically constructed theory and systematic observation. Sociology scientific study of human social relations, groups, and societies. Social embeddedness human behavior shaped by social relations. Foundations of sociology: sociological imagination and critical thinking. Finding the relationship between unemployment and recent college graduates: seek intersection between private troubles and public issues, two main concepts. Agency ability of individuals and groups to exercise free will and to influence social change. Structure patterned social arrangements that have an effect on agency. Agency and structure are reciprocals (affecting each other: we can make choices but they may be enabled or constrained by structure. Parents want you to do nursing because your whole family has done nursing, but you want to be a lawyer. Rich family has son wanting to be a doctor (enabling) Poor family has son wanting to be an engineer (constraining)
