SOC 1014 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-20: Dependent And Independent Variables, Operationalization, W. E. B. Du Bois
20 Nov 2016
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Chapter 1: the sociological imagination an introduction a. Sociological imagination- the ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individual"s life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces. Means by which we can gauge our own fate -mills c. What are the true costs and returns of college? i. 2) it is a brand, a gateway, age-segregation, a brand, and a set of stories. Examples of social structures within a university: the legal system, primary and secondary education system, educational testing service, wage labor market, The job of the sociologist - to develop a secular morality. Verstehen- german: understanding; the concept of verstehen forms the object of inquiry for interpretive sociology - to study how social actors understand their actions and the social world through experience. Anomie- a sense of aimlessness or despair that arises when we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable; too little social regulation; normlessness.
