Chapter 1 powerpoint pt. 1 Flashcards
the scientific study of human society, social structures and dynamics.
sociology
Sociology is the systematic study of social ____, social _______ and the social ______ of human behavior
life
change
causes
Sociology is the systematic study of social life, social change and the social causes of ______ _________
human behavior
__________ focuses on individual and biological causes of human behavior
Psychology
Sociologists do this by investigating anything from intimate ______ to large ____________ and __________
groups
organizations
institutions
Sociology’s scope and relevance is very ______
broad
Sociology’s ______ and ___________ is very broad
relevance
What is the difference between Casual Observation and Systematic Observation?
Observations are the basis of sociology
Initial observations can inform hypotheses, but not yet verified by systematic observation and data analysis.
Sociology = _________ ___________/scientific method
systematic observations
Sociology = systematic observations/_________ ________
scientific method
How is sociology like the matrix?
Helps see hidden patterns and truths
Who coined the term the sociological imagination?
C. Wright Mills
Who wrote “The Sociological Imagination”?
C Wright Mills
The sociological imagination:
Connects _________ with _______
biography
history
The sociological imagination:
Connects ________ troubles with ________ issues .
personal
public
The Sociological Imagination makes the familiar _______
strange
The key distinction in the sociological imagination is between ‘the personal ________ of milieu [social environment]’ and ‘the public _______ of social structure.’
troubles
issues
“________________________________________ and within the range of his or her immediate relations with others; they have to do with one’s self and with those limited areas of social life of which one is directly and personally aware…A trouble is a private matter.”
Troubles occur within the character of the individual
_______ have to do with matters that transcend these local environments of the individual and the range of her inner life.
Issues
Issues have to do with ________ ____ _________ ______ _____ _____________ __ ___ ________ and the range of her inner life.
matters that transcend these local environments of the individual
An issue is a ______ matter
public
A sociological lens allows one to view the world from different ___________ and challenge conventional _______.
perspectives
wisdom
A sociological ____ allows one to view the world from different perspectives and challenge conventional wisdom.
lens
How does the social environment affect the individual?
- Peers
- Family
- Gender roles
- Social Class
- Race/ethnicity
- People in neighborhood
Sociology focuses on making comparisons across cases to find ________ and create ___________ about how ________ work now or how they worked in the past.
patterns
hypotheses
societies
What is the difference between sociology, history & anthropology, psychology & biology, and political science?
- History and anthropology -tend to focus more on particular circumstances.
- Psychology and biology, examine things on a more micro level than sociology does, and economics is an entirely quantitative discipline.
- Political science, focuses on one aspect of social relations – power.
Which of the following is an example of using one’s sociological imagination?
A. being in unfamiliar surroundings and imagining being in a more comfortable place
B. creating different hypotheses to explain an individual’s behavior
C. creating a story to explain unfamiliar social customs
D. being puzzled by how people in another country greet one another and then thinking about how people in your own country greet one another and why they do it the way they do
D. being puzzled by how people in another country greet one another and then thinking about how people in your own country greet one another and why they do it the way they do
Although C meets the definition of social imagination, it’s not an EXAMPLE.
