Chapter 1 – How is Sociology different? What do the following items make when put together? copper, tin, and lead = the clavicle, the scapula, and the humerus = England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland =  id, ego and super-ego =  Cellulose, Hemicellulose and China Clay and/or Calcium Carbonate = Bronze Shoulder United Kingdom Personality Paper 1

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Sociological Perspective Definition A view that looks at the behavior of groups, not individual people

Sociological Perspective What is the statue made of? What is the statue made of? Bronze What is bronze? Lead, copper, tin Don’t look at the individual but look at the group

Sociological Perspective Not a specific man joins a gang to prove he is tough but men join gangs because they are taught by society to be “masculine.”

Sociological Perspective Helps you see that all people are social beings.

Sociological Perspective Many different perceptions of society. How does a man see the world compared to a woman? An adult compared to a child? Society acts differently on various categories of people. For example child compared to an adult, or man vs. women, rich opposed to poor. The categories in which we fall shape our experiences.

Sociological Perspective Tells you that your behavior is influenced by social factors

Sociological Perspective

Patterns Develop The Social Structure – the patterned interaction of groups of people. OR NOT

So what does a sociological perspective do for me?

Are You Happy??

It helps us develop a sociological imagination.

Sociological Imagination Definition Ability to see the connection between the larger world and our personal lives.

It Helps Us See the link between society and self.

Sociological Imagination C. Wright Mills coined the phrase Seriously?!

Sociological Imagination Looney Tunes Style! https://goo.gl/J5AsZM

Sociological Imagination Individuals are products of their time, their community, and their understanding of the world around them.

We experience our lives as one of a kind, but in fact your life is remarkably similar to others in your community.

Sociological Imagination Helps us understand the effects of events, such as social pressure, on our daily lives.

Society Deals the Cards Personal responsibility (i.e. the choices you make) is always a factor in how your life turns out, but choices alone can’t explain your circumstances. The US unemployment rate in 2006 was 4.6% by 2009 it had more than doubled (9.6%). Can this all be explained by bad choices or laziness? Each of us has to play the hand we are dealt (i.e. personal choices), but society is dealing the cards (the social circumstances you are born into).

Sociological Imagination

Sociological Imagination

Sociological Imagination a vivid awareness of the relationship between personal troubles (what's going on in your own life) and the wider society (factors outside of your control that are happening in the society in which you live).

2 Minute Paper p. 5 What is a personal issue or problem you are facing? How is it related to what is going on in the society around you? How can you connect the personal issue with social forces outside of your personal control?