This slideshow is a presentation of Chapter 1 Introduction to Sociology. I emphasized here the power of Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills.

2. OBJECTIVES
1. Explain what sociology is and its
importance to our lives;
2. Write about important social issues using
the Sociological Imagination;
3. See the ways in which your own life has
been shaped by social institutions.

3. INTRODUCTION
is the systematic study of the
relationship between people and society;What is Sociology?
Why study Sociology?
concerned with how social conditions
influence our lives as individuals

4. Sociological Imagination
 to distinguish personal trouble from public
issues
to enable to participate in social life and step
back and analyze what is going on in social
world.
 capacity to shift from one perspective to
another.
 the ability to see how social conditions
affect our lives (C. Wright Mills)
(ex. Post master)

5. Social Change
-Is a set of people, groups and organization
with their own ways of thinking and acting.
Social Environment
-rise of terrorism
-population increase
-teenage pregnancy
-divorce rate

6. Levels of Social Reality
Micro level- concerned with the
behaviors of the individual and
his/her immediate others- that is
with patterns of interaction among a
few people.
Middle level- occur in communities
or in organizations such as business
or voluntary associations.
Macro level- refers to a whole societies and how they are changing.

7. Major Sociological Theory
Interactionism- results from repeated interactions
among individuals and groups.
Rational Choice-maximize gain, minimize pain
Symbolic interactionism- how social life is
“constructed” through mundane acts of social
communication (e.g. The way we dress, talk,
walk, gestures)
Functionalism- How society manages to carry out the functions it must perform in order to
maintain social order.
Conflict Theory- emphasizes the role of coercion and power in producing social order.

8. References
Mills, C. Wright. The Sociological Imagination (Oxford University Press,
1959)
Kornblum, William. Sociology in a Changing World. Eight Edition
(Transcontinental Printing, Canada. 2006)
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