Soc 001 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I Clickers II Miner s article Make the Familiar Strange Discussion III Textbook readings a Ethnocentrism b Chagnon s study Outline of Current Lecture IV Continuations of Making the familiar strange a Reason one b Reason two V Stoplight Example VI The sociological imagination a Personal trouble b Public issues Current Lecture In order to make the familiar strange you must pretend that you have no idea what you re seeing ask What is going on why is that and pretend you have no clue o Act as if you are a stranger from Mars observing this for the first time Reason 1 that we need to make the familiar strange o Sociological eye is easier said than done o We are so used to our daily lives that we seem to go through them as horses with blinders where people intentionally put blinders on themselves to block out all of the unimportant things not good for sociologists o We fail to notice what s going on around us because we tend to unintentionally ignore details o We are creatures of habit we notice what we want to are used to noticing o It s hard to break out of an observational rut because we are so used to observing the world in our own set ways Reason 2 that we need to make familiar strange o We may notice something that we haven t noticed before o We might ask questions we didn t think to ask before Why do people stop at stoplights o You don t know these reasons You re an observer from Mars There may be police Stoplight cameras You might hit another car or pedestrian These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute It is always the law o Possible real reasons Whatever that object is it can freeze time Wheeled machines are alive and afraid of the fireball so it s a reflex to stop Machine is a predator that can detect movement People enjoy watching the pretty colors change o It is the social norms and people tend to go with the flow it makes sense to stay out of danger The sociological imagination the ability to see the connection between personal troubles and public issues o Personal trouble a difficulty an individual faces personally o Public issues of social structure social forces operating in society Personal trouble biography as public issues history Biography individual s own life story history story of the world Personal troubles Loss of loved ones Child grows up without father Fighting in the front line of a war Social forces International ruthless competition Terrorism
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