1.1 The Sociological Imagination Sociology: the scientific study of social structure; patterned social behavior Help understand of why people act the way they do (in groups) Social Structure: the patterned interaction of people in social relationships How people act when around others (food fight) Perspective: a particular point of view Why i see thing differently from how others see it (opinion on the president) Sociological Perspective: a view that looks at the behavior of groups‚ not individuals
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crazy. And you know who differentiates them from us? They used their imagination. Yes. they imagined their dreams becoming reality and thanks to that found ways to do it. And you know why? The imagination makes us owners of the world. If we imagine‚ we develop all our creativity and our ideas‚ and put all our effort into what we want‚ we can conquer the world. Like Albert Einstein said: “Logic will take you from A to Z. Imagination will take you everywhere” Studying theater. Being a singer. Travelling
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concerned with factual research that shows how things occur. Sociologists want to know why things happen‚ and to do so they must look at the broader view of their subjects and cultivate their sociological imagination. American sociologist C. Wright Mills (1959) defined the sociological imagination as “the ability to link our personal lives and experiences with the social world.” This means that one must have the ability to break free from the immediacy of personal circumstances and put things in a
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Children Are Not Using their Imagination Growing up‚ as a child in the mid 80’s and the entire 90’s there wasn’t the holding back children’s imagination‚ sky was the limit; G.I. Joe‚ Barbie‚ E-Z bake oven‚ and the ever so classic Brite-Lite LED art kit. With their imagination‚ a child could become an intergalactic alien slayer‚ or the parent of a tear shedding cabbage patch doll. A technological advancement was created that enslaved and dumb down America’s children. Now it is high definition
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Sociological imagination is considering all influences on any given situation to get a better understanding. It is relating personal problems or experiences to previous events in history. It is putting together pieces of a puzzle starting with past experiences and relating it to the personal problem of the present. In my opinion‚ sociological imagination is the ability to predict your own future of the future of someone else when taking past experience into account. The most obvious example that
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Paige Kanipe Dunkleman Soc 210 August 30‚ 2016 Assignment 1 C. Wright Mills created the Sociological Imagination which is a major part of sociology. The Sociological Imagination is the idea that people are shaped by their environments and that the environment a person is in affects their actions. At the time it was created the Sociological Imagination was much different than anything else in the field‚ and its impact on the field is huge. C. Wright Mills grew up in rural Texas which gave him
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“Sociological Imagination is the most fruitful form of this self-consciousness.” This quote by C. Wright Mills’ The Promise of Sociology is the basis of the meaning of Social Imagination. I believe that social imagination in important because our lives are all connected to each other. If we can step into someone else’s shoes‚ we may be more conscientious of the judgements we make on others. Sociological Imagination can be described in many different ways. According to Benokraits’ Introduction
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Descartes mentions. But the imagination does not give wax it’s flexibility to change qualities‚ but rather a physical effect that modifies the wax’s quality such as melting or freezing. Because of these modifications‚ our minds are now able to perceive the quality of the wax differently than its previous form. Quality relates to Descartes conclusion because it is a component that contributes to perception of our minds and awareness to the world around us. Imagination plays a significant role
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Imagination; The Achilles Heel In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"‚ by Washington Irving‚ Ichabod Crane‚ the protagonist of the story‚ is a crazy person. I’m sorry‚ let me rephrase that; He comes off as a crazy person. Here’s how: Ichabod likes to listen to ghost stories in his free time‚ but‚ when walking home the night after hearing these stories‚ he imagines that these beasts are following him and lurking in the shadows. He also becomes very greedy‚ by trying to marry this lady called Katrina
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Taking Imagination Seriously Seandey L. Bowe PHL/458 July 15‚ 2015 Veronica Van Ry Taking Imagination Seriously Janet Echelman starts her Ted talk saying take imagination seriously. She is a world renowned artist obtaining this wasn’t an easy task. MS Echelman had never studied sculpture‚ engineering or architecture. After completing college‚ she applied to several different art schools and was denied by all of them. Her iron will and determination didn’t let that stop her she made
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