Chapter 1: Training your Sociological Eye

Du Bois

________, one of the founders of sociology used sociological tools to show how society works and to fight racism.

C Wright Mills

________ developed the concept of the sociological imagination to describe how our individual lives relate to social forces.

Sociology

Can be used to make connections and recognize and address issues of inequality and privilege.

Sociological knowledge

________ is useful in any career.

earliest socicologists

The ________ used sociology to find ways to understand and to improve society.

sound understanding of society

Open research allows for a more scientifically ________ as a whole.

Sociological Eye

Enables you to see what others may not notice.

Sociologists

________ follow rules that work to ensure the research is transparent and replicable and that others can confirm or refute one's findings.

Theoretical Perspectives

________ are paradigms or ways of viewing the world.

Stereotypes

Are predetermined ideas about particular groups of people.

Malala Yousafzai

________ is the youngest Nobel Prize winner to date, however, if she was not raised in the society she was in she would not have influenced the world as she has today.

Sociological Imagination

Is the ability to connect what is happening in your own life and in the lives of other individuals in the larger society.

Sociology

________ is a social science, a scientific discipline that studies how society works.

Sociology

Is the scientific study of society, including how individuals both shape and are shaped by society.

Sociology

________ helps us understand society's impact on people and how we work with one another to solve the social issues facing our societies.