The Sociological Imagination Flashcards

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sociological imagination

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enables to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society

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sociology - characteristics [4]

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[1] dynamic
[2] influenceable
[3] difficult to observe
[4] accessible to everyone

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sociological imagination views on marriage

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secularisation of holy matrimony,
more education and developing public independence

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sociology studies societies’… [5]

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structure, cohesion, differences, inequalities, meanings

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common sense knowledge - goal

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to meaningfully carry out everyday conversation

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scientific knowledge - goal

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knowledge for knowledge’s sake

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common sense knowledge - evidence

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‘whatever works’ - no attempt at disconfirming

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scientific knowledge - evidence

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extensive and gathered according to rules - seeks to disconfirm

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common sense knowledge - theories

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imprecise statements

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scientific knowledge - theories

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explicitly formulated statements

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theory

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statement about how and why specific facts are interrelated - falsifiable!

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theoretical paradigm

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a basic idea that suggests a direction of thinking and research - not falsifiable!

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