Sociology in a changing world-Ch1 explained glossary

Armendia, Luis Sociology, 3208 Glossary of Chapter 1 . Sociological Imagination: The ability to see how social conditions affect our lives...A sociologist would use it to formulate theories on how social change will influence society and its structure. Social conditions: The realities of life we create together as social beings. It could be represent it by the way we live, the economy, the culture, and how we interact with each other on a certain time period. Sociology: …

…society. It describes how groups of people would organize when they're feeling suppressed or discriminated in order to fight and overthrown power. Power: The ability to control the behavior of others, even against their will. A nation uses force in order to maintain order. There are many types of power, and conflict theory emphasizes how the use of power and who's benefiting the most from out could carry out social disconformities and result in conflict.