{"id":1164,"date":"2023-02-13T21:04:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T21:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/sociological-imagination\/"},"modified":"2023-02-13T21:04:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T21:04:32","slug":"sociological-imagination","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/sociological-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociological Imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/sam_richards_a_radical_experiment_in_empathy.html\">Watch the video <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/sam_richards_a_radical_experiment_in_empathy?language=en\"><u>Sam Richards: A radical experiment in empathy<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After watching the TED video and reading the section about the Sociological Imagination,&nbsp;<strong>take the viewpoint of an outside observer to examine your life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First,&nbsp;<strong>pick one personal experience<\/strong>&nbsp;that was meaningful to you.<\/p>\n<p>Second,&nbsp;<strong>pick a viewpoint different from your own<\/strong>. It can be another gender, race, nationality, or maybe someone from a different subculture. Finally, write about the three points listed below.<\/p>\n<p>Write a 500 or more word paper discussing each assignment point listed below.<\/p>\n<p>1. &nbsp;Describe the personal experience as an outsider might describe it. (hint: depending on what you choose and the perspective you choose, this may require a little research)<\/p>\n<p>2. &nbsp;Describe how that experience was influenced by society structures (e.g. historical events, religion, or traditions)<\/p>\n<p>3. &nbsp;Finally review the four main perspectives and theorists related to those perspectives. What theory most applies to the personal experience you described and why do you think this theory applies?<\/p>\n<p>Your paper must include a title sheet and at least 2 outside references. &nbsp;You may use one reference from the internet but the 2nd reference must be from the Grantham University online library. &nbsp;Only the body of the paper will count in your word requirement.<\/p>\n<p>To help you begin your first paper, I have given you an example of a personal experience, the structure that helped to shape this event, and the theory that I would apply to it. Although what is listed below is an outline, I would like you to write in paragraph form.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Example<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Personal experience: wedding<\/p>\n<p>Viewpoint: perspective of a person from the subcontinent India<\/p>\n<p>1. &nbsp;Description: Wedding itself was short, crowd was small, took place outside of hometown, and the bride wore white<\/p>\n<p>2. &nbsp;Social Structure: institution of marriage, marriage laws, and religious traditions<\/p>\n<p>3. &nbsp;What theory: functionalism<\/p>\n<p>a. &nbsp;Why this theory: functionalism supports social structure that is functional for society and marriage is functional for families and households<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Watch the video Sam Richards: A radical experiment in empathy. After watching the TED video and reading the section about the Sociological Imagination,&nbsp;take the viewpoint of an outside observer to examine your life. First,&nbsp;pick one personal experience&nbsp;that was meaningful to you. Second,&nbsp;pick a viewpoint different from your own. It can be another gender, race, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[188],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/1164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/1164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=1164"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=1164"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=1164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}