Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
Introduction
· Wright Mills, a well-established sociologist, defines sociological imagination as the ability to see things from a social perspective and establish a relationship between society's history and biography. Sociological imagination requires one to pull out from the issue of study to have an outsider perspective. Pulling out is necessary to ensure one is not biased (Mills, p.6).
· The importance of teaching sociological imagination is to help individuals to understand their position in society. Understanding personal psychosocial nature and that of the environment help in handling teams composed of diverse cultures.
· Functionalist Theory views society as a system composed of different components that work together to accomplish a goal. We can view education as one of the community's elements that makes it complete and teaching as an activity that focuses on improving individuals' lives. Learning helps improve self-esteem, and it can be used as a platform to understand one's culture.
· Sociology believes that every situation can be related to a root in society.
Benefits of using the Sociological Imagination for your current/future career
Wright Mills views social imagination as a mirror to reflect one's role in society, and this understanding is fundamental in career development. Teaching is one profession that requires a better understanding of culture since it deals with people with different beliefs. Understanding the unique role in a society helps create better relationships while also focusing on the primary role. Interacting with different structures should not divert one from the primary role or position in society (Mills). In my teaching career, I have noted that sociological imagination is more related to psychology since it requires thinking differently to see things differently. This has remained important when teaching a diverse group of students.
Theoretical Framework
The functionalist theory sees society as a unit made up of different parts, and each part has a role. In our case, quality-education is the key element of society, and its function is shifting information from one generation to the next (Robson). Having classrooms across different locations in society ensures that everyone has an equal chance to attain knowledge. Allowing students to learn at an early stage in life ensures that they discover their potentials as early as possible. Some students might be good in book knowledge while others might be good in other activities such as games. An efficient curriculum should help students develop the relevant life skills that help in self-realization (Robson).
Social Interaction
Social interaction focuses on studying the relationship between two people, three people, or even a group. Individual actions affect the environment's behavior, so it is essential to observe individual behavior to understand different relationships. Social interactions may happen regularly, or it might be a coincidence (Little).
Social interaction theory borrows knowledge from different schools of thought and investigates social interaction more in-depth. Social structures directly affect how people exchange emotions in different contexts (Mills, Durepos and Wiebe).
Cognitive semiotics can be used to understand social interactions, as explained by the semiotic framework of...
Social Change
Social change refers to the transformations that occur within the cultures. Change is characterized by a shift in social interaction behaviors (Servaes).
According to the linear theory of change, the transformation is usually due to civilization that happens across generations. The changes occur in a progressive manner and a certain direction (Shah).
In efforts to understand social changes in the 20th and 21st centuries, different studies were analyzed. The bottom-line conclusion was that income, gross national products, and productivity were essential factors in human development but not solely important (Servaes).
Conclusion
Globalization has impacted social life in a significant way since the 1970s. Globalization can be viewed in terms of knowledge advancements, political changes, the market economy, digitization of different domains, and privatization of different entities. Changes that happen in different sectors makes it necessary to restructure social setups. Individuals and societies are working round the clock to remain relevant in the modern world. One major factor that has caused the restructuring of the social structure is the desire to have a better education. Education is a significant determinant of who will take different positions in society, and therefore, people change their everyday life to fulfill education desires. Economic changes have also contributed to the restructuring. Opportunities are not uniformly distributed, and moving away from a social setting may sometimes open doors for more opportunities. With the increased population globally, competition for opportunities is high, and one is required to move the extra mile to remain relevant.
Works…
Works Cited
Blumberg, Rae L. A General Theory of Gender Stratification. Sociological Theory. 2: 23-101.
Cohn, Michael. Sociology and Social Media. 25 October 2012. 07 December 2020.
Danaj, Ermira. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.
Davis, K., & Moore, W. E. Some Principles of Stratification. American Sociological Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1944, 10(2), 242–249. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2085643 (1945).
Little, William. Introduction to Sociology. Victoria: OpenStax College, 2013.
Matthews, Julian. The sociology of mass media. In. K. O. Korgen (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology. Volume 1, Core Areas in Sociology and the Development of the Discipline. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Mehaj, Hakim Khalid, Akhtar Neyaz Bhat, and Hakeem Rameez Mehraj. "Impacts OF Media on Society: A Sociological Perspective." International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (2014): 56-64.
Mills, Wright. The Sociological Imagination. Oxford University Press: Oxford (1959).
This is not hubris or the idea that the author of this response is any "better" than that of Giddens. However, sociology texts and summaries seem to leave out the idea that some actions, thought patterns and mindsets that are cultural and/or societal in nature make little to no logical or basic sense in the grand scheme of things. However, perhaps a covering of that dynamic would be too
And as we have gained greater scientific, medical, technological and ideological diffusiveness, theorists from every discipline concerning human matters have required their own lens for examination. For instance, the text by Conrad & Gabe (1999) focuses the whole of its discussion on the relationship between social systems and our ever-growing body of knowledge on systems specific to the physical makeup of the human being. Indeed, the authors provide an
Sociology, Identity, and Families I would like to write about the concept of self in sociology this week because I have learned to evaluate the relationship between the internal and external self and the influence that society plays on developing who we are as individuals. When taken in the perspective of how we view children in society as influential and subject to the perspectives of key people, one would believe that
Sociology Portfolio The social experience evolves around different dimensions that influence people's everyday experiences and realities in life. Inherent in every event, interaction, individual, and even tangible material/artifact are reflective of a specific kind of social order. Everything is social, and using this premise, this Sociology Portfolio provides a survey of literature and relevant material that illustrate the role that social experience plays in the development of current and essential issues
There is some suggestion on observation that many students of the dominant norm on campus do not engage in activities that might help Asian or other minority students feel as though they were members of a unique family or society with no racial or cultural boundaries. Rather, there is much in the way of stereotypical behaviors observed among the subtype population and the larger student body (Anderson & Taylor,
Sociology The difference between micro and macro perspectives in sociology is that the latter looks into the role of social institutions in influencing social life and interaction, while the former is centered on studying social interaction itself, which happens between individuals or people who are also members of the society. The distinction between the two perspectives become easier to understand when applied in the context of a particular social phenomenon, such as