INTRODUCTION TO

SOCIAL SCIENCES
MA. MARSHA NAVARRO-JERESANO
T-II, HUMSS
 TASK 1: PICTO-ANALYSIS
• DIVIDE THE CLASS INTO 5 GROUPS.
• EACH GROUP WILL BE GIVEN A PICTURE WHICH
THEY ARE GOING TO ANALYZE.
• THE GUIDE QUESTION SHALL BE USED BELOW:
A. WHAT IS THE SOCIAL ISSUE THAT YOU CAN
SEE IN THE PICTURE?
B. WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THIS ISSUE TO THE
SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
Child-labor
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
Child-trafficking
Teenage Pregnancy
Domestic Violence
THINGS ARE NOT WHAT
THEY SEEM.
- PETER BERGER
 SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION

 SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION IS AN ABILITY TO CONNECT PERSONAL

CHALLENGES TO LARGER SOCIAL ISSUES.
 NEITHER THE LIFE OF AN INDIVIDUAL NOR THE HISTORY OF A SOCIETY
CAN BE UNDERSTOOD WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING BOTH.
 HE BELIEVED THAT LOOKING AT A BALANCE BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND
THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THEM WAS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING
THEIR COLLECTIVE RELATIONSHIP, AS WELL AS THE SOCIAL
STRUCTURES THAT ARISE OUT OF CONFLICT BETWEEN VARIOUS
GROUPS.
 MILLS ALSO BELIEVED STUDYING HISTORY WAS AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT IN SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION. BECAUSE HISTORICAL
EVENTS HAVE HELPED OUR SHAPE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, AND THE
LIVES OF EVERY LIVING PERSON.
 THECAPACITY TO IDENTIFY BEHAVIORS THAT ARE
PROPERTIES OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS. THE ABILITY TO PLACE
"PERSONAL TROUBLES" IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL
STRUCTURE AND
SEE THEM AS "PUBLIC ISSUES".
 IDENTIFY THE SOCIAL FORCES ACTING UPON PERSONS.
 WHAT IS SEEN IN THE WORLD IS NOT JUST A FUNCTION OF "WHAT
IS OUT THERE". THE LENS YOU LOOK THROUGH SHAPES WHAT
YOU ARE LIKELY TO SEE. SOCIOLOGY IS A "LENS"—IN THE SENSE
IT IS A QUALITY OF MIND YOU BRING TO BEAR TO UNDERSTAND
HUMAN BEHAVIOR. -- A QUALITY OF MIND OR PERSPECTIVE THAT
SENSITIZES. YOU SELECTED ASPECTS OF REALITY, SPECIFICALLY
TO THE SOCIAL FORCES WHICH SHAPE YOUR BEHAVIOR AND LIFE
—THAT IS THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION.
 SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

 SEEING THE GENERAL IN PARTICULAR.

THIS TELLS US THAT SOCIOLOGIST LOOK FOR GENERAL
PATTERNS IN THE BEHAVIOR OF PARTICULAR PEOPLE. IT IS
TRUE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS UNIQUE BUT SOCIETY
SHAPES THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES
VERY DIFFERENTLY. YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE THE WORLD
SOCIOLOGICALLY WHEN YOU START REALIZING HOW THE
GENERAL CATEGORIES INTO WHICH WE FALL SHAPE OUR
PARTICULAR LIFE EXPERIENCES.
 SEEING THE STRANGE IN THE FAMILIAR
THE SOCIETY WHICH WE LIVE IN HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON OUR
EVERYDAY CHOICES IN FOOD, CLOTHING, MUSIC, SCHOOLING, JOBS, AND
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. EVEN THE MOST PERSONAL DECISIONS
WE MAKE TURN OUT TO BE SHAPED BY SOCIETY. TO SEE HOW
INFLUENTIAL SOCIETY IS CONSIDER THE DECISION BY WOMEN TO HAVE
CHILDREN THAT IS ALSO GOVERNED BY SOCIAL PATTERNS, OR
DURKHEIM’S CLASSICAL THEORY ABOUT SUICIDE THAT SHOWS THAT
EVEN HERE SOCIAL FORCES ARE AT WORK.
CHALLENGING COMMONLY HELD BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS
TASK 2: REFLECTIVE ESSAY
• WRITE A 500-WORD ESSAY THAT TALKS ABOUT YOUR
REALIZATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION TELLS US THAT THE ABILITY TO SEE "THE
INTER-CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND THE
LARGER SOCIAL FORCES." HOW DO YOU THINK THIS STATEMENT RELATES
TO OUR PERSONAL LIVES? WHAT ONE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE DO YOU
BELIEVE CONTRIBUTED AN IMPACT TO THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE? EXPLAIN.
2. C. WRIGHT MILLS BELIEVED THAT INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCE LIFE TODAY
AS “A SERIES OF TRAPS”. DISCUSS AND RELATE THIS IN ONE SOCIAL
INSTITUTION IN WHICH WE HAVE RELEVANT PARTICIPATION.
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS
IN SOCIOLOGY
TASK 3: THE PARADIGM
 WITH YOUR GROUPMATES, DISCUSS THE THEORY ASSIGNED TO YOU
AND PREPARE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION CITING THE KEY FEATURES
OF THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES:
INDICATORS EXCELLENT (5) SATISFACTORY (3) NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
(1)
CONTENT The facts are substantial, Sufficiently developed Limited content with
specific demonstrating content with adequate inadequate elaboration or
strong development and elaboration or explanation. explanation.
sophisticated ideas.
ORGANIZATION The order developed and Functional arrangement of Inconsistent arrangement
sustained within and content that sustains a of content.
across paragraphs have logical order with some
sophisticated arrangement. evidence of transitions
PRESENTATION STYLE Students are well prepared. Students are fairly Students are somewhat
Volume is loud enough. prepared. Volume is loud prepared. Volume is loud
Team cooperation is enough. Team cooperation enough. Team cooperation
smooth. is most of the time smooth. is sometimes smooth.