3. INTERACTION MACROSOCIOLOGY
• DEFINITION: SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND METHODS THAT EXAMINE LARGE-SCALE PATTERNS AND
TRENDS WITHIN THE OVERALL SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SYSTEM, AND POPULATION. OFTEN
MACROSOCIOLOGY IS THEORETICAL IN NATURE TOO.
4. SOCIAL DARWINISM
• DEFINITION: AN IDEOLOGY OF SOCIETY THAT SEEKS TO APPLY BIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF DARWINISM OR
OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY TO SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICS, OFTEN WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT CONFLICT
BETWEEN GROUPS IN SOCIETY LEADS TO SOCIAL PROGRESS AS SUPERIOR GROUPS OUTCOMPETE
INFERIOR ONES.
5. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
• DEFINITION: THE STUDY OF HUMAN LIFE, SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND HOW THOSE INTERACTIONS SHAPE
GROUPS AND ENTIRE SOCIETIES. THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE IS ROOTED IN THREE FOUNDATIONAL
THEORIES.
6. SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
• DEFINITION: A TERM THAT C. WRIGHT MILLS COINED TO DESCRIBE THE NEED FOR INDIVIDUALS TO
COMPREHEND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEIR LIVES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS. SPECIFICALLY, IN
MILLS’ PERSPECTIVE, THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION IS A CLEAR AWARENESS OF THE CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN THE SOCIETY AND EXPERIENCE.
