Chapter 1: sociology - a unique way to view the world Flashcards
Social world model
Consists of me (inner circle), local organizations and community, national organizations institutions and subcultures, society, and global community
Globalization
Process by which the entire world is becoming a single interdependent entity
Common sense
Refers to ideas that are taken for granted and have never been seriously questioned and seem to be sensible
Difference between common sense and sociology
Sociology tests and analyzes data using the scientific method
Sociological imagination founder
C. Wright Mills
Sociological imagination
Relationship between individual experiences and public issues
Sociological perspective
Personal experiences best understood by examining broader social context
Social units
Interconnected parts of the social world, ranging from small groups to societies
Social institutions
Provide rules, roles and relationships to direct and control behavior ; interconnected
National society
Population connected by common ideas and subject to political authority
Social processes
Actions taken by people in social units: socialization, conflict, change
Levels of analysis
Micro, me so, macro
Micro-level of
Individual and small groups (class, study group)
Me so-level analysis
Intermediate size units (state board of education, Jewish school system)
Macro-level analysis
Nations, global and international trends
