What is Sociology?

Question 1

Sociology

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the study if groups and group interactions, societies and social interactions

Question 2

Group

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is any collection of at least two people who interact with some frequency & who share some sense of aligned identity

Question 3

Society

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a group of people who live in a defined geographical area who interact with one another and who share a common culture

Question 4

micro-level

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study small group and individual interactions

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macro-level

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looks at trends among and between large groups and societies

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culture

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group’s shared practices, values, and beliefs

Question 7

Sociological imagination

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the ability to understand how your own past relates to that of other people, as well as to history in general and societal structures in particular

ex: a person’s decision to marry

Question 8

Who is C.Wright Mills

Answer 8

pioneer sociologist
- describes sociological imagination

Question 9

reification

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an error of treating an abstract concept as though it has a real, material existence

Question 10

figuration

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the process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of an individual and the society that shapes that behavior

ex: the practice of religion

Question 11

Who is Norbert Elias?

Answer 11

German sociologist
- concept of figuration