Syg 2000 stuvia Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Sociological Imagination - C. Wright Mills - ANSWERSThe ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history. This is what we do when we question our textbook and college in general. Verstehen - Max Weber - ANSWERS"understanding" in German. Suggests that sociologists approach social behavior from the perspective of those engaging in it. Double Consciousness -W.E.B. Du Bois - ANSWERSA mechanism by which African Americans have two behavioral scrip...

Sociological Imagination - C. Wright Mills - ANSWERSThe ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history. This is what we do when we question our textbook and college in general. Verstehen - Max Weber - ANSWERS"understanding" in German. Suggests that sociologists approach social behavior from the perspective of those engaging in it. Double Consciousness -W.E.B. Du Bois - ANSWERSA mechanism by which African Americans have two behavioral scrip...

Race and Ethnicity - ANSWERSforms an individual's identity and impacts sense of self By categorizing people based on race/ethnicity we stratify society- which leads to inequality. may be based on biological traits. Ethnicity - ANSWERSIt is applied to a group of people who have a shared ancestry or shared cultural heritage. The individuals within ethnic groups could have an array of biological characteristics and there can be overlap or shared characteristics between groups. Eye c...

Sociological Imagination - ANSWERSthe ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individuals life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces. Ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history The Chicago School - ANSWERSthe emergence of American sociology was characterize by (focused empirical research) , applied perspective, and was best embodied by what came to be referred as "Chicago School) named for many of its propo...

Sociological Imagination - C. Wright Mills - ANSWERSThe ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history. This is what we do when we question our textbook and college in general. The capacity to think systematically about how things we experience as personal problems -- for example, debt from student loans, competing demands from divorced parents, or an inability to form a rewarding romantic relationship -- are really social issues that are widely...

Sociological Imagination - C. Wright Mills - ANSWERSThe ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history. This is what we do when we question our textbook and college in general. The capacity to think systematically about how things we experience as personal problems -- for example, debt from student loans, competing demands from divorced parents, or an inability to form a rewarding romantic relationship -- are really social issues that are widely...

Sociological Imagination - ANSWERSthe ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individuals life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces. Ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history The Chicago School - ANSWERSthe emergence of American sociology was characterize by (focused empirical research) , applied perspective, and was best embodied by what came to be referred as "Chicago School) named for many of its propo...

Race and Ethnicity - ANSWERSforms an individual's identity and impacts sense of self By categorizing people based on race/ethnicity we stratify society- which leads to inequality. may be based on biological traits. Ethnicity - ANSWERSIt is applied to a group of people who have a shared ancestry or shared cultural heritage. The individuals within ethnic groups could have an array of biological characteristics and there can be overlap or shared characteristics between groups. Eye c...