Why did C. Wright Mills think that it is important for everyone, even people who will never take a sociology class, to develop a sociological imagination?

Please define C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

A paradigm can be defined as:

Unlike sociologists, most people base their knowledge of the world on:

Many everyday cultural practices—such as greeting a friend, giving someone flowers, or using the thumbs-up sign—seem like natural ways of acting. Why does having an awareness of how these practices vary across cultures demonstrate a healthy sociological imagination?

Sociologists observe society:

Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology?

According to C. Wright Mills, what one quality of mind do all great sociologists possess?

What is the sociological imagination?

Survey research tends to produce quantitative data. One key advantage of this kind of data is that it:

When Laud Humphreys was a sociology graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis, he wrote his dissertation on the “tearoom trade,” anonymous homosexual encounters in the men’s rooms of public parks. To gather data, he acted as a lookout for his subjects, but he also surreptitiously noted license-plate numbers as the men left, so he could get their names and addresses. The next year, he picked about fifty men from the “tearooms” and interviewed them in their homes, claiming to be performing a health survey. His descriptions of the interviews made it possible for many of the men (and their families) to recognize themselves when the dissertation was published. Why do many sociologists consider this research method to be unethical?

Some researchers suggest that interviews give “voice” to people who may never have been heard before and offer privileged access to authentic experience, private worlds, and true selves. How do interviews do this?

Any time a social researcher is going to use sampling, he or she must first identify his or her target population. What is this target population?

After formulating a general research question, what will a good researcher always do?

John wants to study whether a larger number of laptops available to students at his school lead to higher grades. Choose the independent and dependent variable.

Which method of social research might involve shifting between participating in a social situation and being an observer?

Maria is worried about the representativeness of her study. She is conducting interviews, but each one seems to last at least five hours. Given that she only has one month to collect her data, what strategy might she use to increase her sample size?