The Sociological Point of View Examining Social Life: Chapter 1, Section 1 Pages: 2-8
The Sociological Point of View Examining Social Life: Chapter 1, Section 1 Pages: 2-8
The Sociological Point of View Examining Social Life: Chapter 1, Section 1 Pages: 2-8
POINT OF
VIEW EXAMINING
SOCIAL LIFE
Chapter 1, Section 1
Pages: 2-8
Life In Society
• Sociologists study areas that affect all of us:
• Marriage
• Technology
• Crime
• Mental Health/ Suicide
• Adolescents/ Teen Dating
Life In Society
• We all view our culture in different ways and that gives our
society great diversity.
• At the same time, most of us share many of the same
characteristics and ideas. This diversity and similarity is the
main interest to sociologists.
Examining Social Life
• Sociology is the systematic • Social Sciences are the
study of human society. disciplines that study
• It is the social science that human social behavior in a
studies human society and scientific manner.
social behavior.
Examining Social Life
• Social Interaction: • Social Phenomena:
How people relate to one observable facts or events
another and influence each that involve human society.
other’s behavior -Sociologists use these facts
- Sociologists focus on the and events to study human
group rather than the behavior.
individual.
Sociological Perspective
• Sociology helps you gain a new view of yourself and the
world around you.
• In order to do this you need to have sociological
perspective: that is you must look beyond commonly held
beliefs to the hidden meanings behind human actions.
• Through this you will learn to see the world through the
eyes of others.
Sociological Perspective
• This perspective will help • It will also help you find a
you see all people as social balance between your
beings. personal desires and the
• It shows that your demands of your
behaviors are influenced environment. You can’t
by social factors and that always do what you want,
you have learned your but you also can’t always
behavior from others. do what others want you to
do. In order to grow as an
individual you must find
this balance.
Sociological Imagination
• Last, the sociological perspective helps you view your own
life with a larger society and historical context.
• The Ability to see the connection between the larger world
and your personal life is what is known as the sociological
imagination. These phrases was coined by C. Wright Mills.
Social Sciences