Introduction to Sociology

THINK IT OVER

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  What do you think C. Wright Mills meant when he said that to be a sociologist, one had to develop a sociological imagination?
  
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  Describe a situation in which a choice you made was influenced by societal pressures.
  

GLOSSARY

culture: a group’s shared practices, values, and beliefs
figuration: the process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of an individual and the society that shapes that behavior
group: any collection of at least two people who interact with some frequency and who share some sense of aligned identity
reification: an error of treating an abstract concept as though it has a real, material existence
society: a group of people who live in a defined geographical area who interact with one another and who share a common culture
sociological imagination: 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
sociology: the systematic study of society and social interaction
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