Chapter 1 INCOMPLETE

Question 1

Define SOCIOLOGY

Answer 1

SOCIOLOGY can be defined as “the SYSTEMATIC or SCIENTIFIC STUDY of SOCIETY.”
It is probably more useful, however, to focus on what the discipline does.

Question 2

Describe Apps of SOCIOLOGY

Answer 2

It is a study that helps people understand the issues facing society. By NOTICING SOCIAL PATTERNS in human relationships based on gender, age, class, ethnicity, “race,” religion, sexual orientation, and other social categories.

Question 3

Describe SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION

Answer 3

SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION was developed by C. WRIGHT MILLS in 1959.
This is our ability to shift from one perspective to another—thinking about “how society works,” as well as “how society works in terms of my personal life.” It allows us to contextualize our own “personal troubles” within the context of “public issues.”