{"id":846,"date":"2015-06-03T00:15:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T00:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/masterysoc1x6xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=846"},"modified":"2016-04-15T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T13:34:25","slug":"why-it-matters","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-sociology\/chapter\/why-it-matters\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters [add image, condense text]","rendered":"Why It Matters [add image, condense text]"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Demonstrate an understanding of the \u201cSociological Imagination\u201d and apply the three main theoretical perspectives to a variety of social issues and processes<\/h2>\r\n<h3>INTRODUCTION<\/h3>\r\nWe see ourselves as individuals, but by virtue of our gender, race, class, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or even our consumption habits, we are\u00a0also members of several social groups, all of which are interacting constantly. If we think about society as consisting of various structures (and systems which animate those structures), it is\u00a0enlightening to understand how the social groups to which we belong as individuals have participated in creating our society, and what impacts these have had both historically and currently.\u00a0Whereas psychology studies the individual mind, sociology digs into what happens when at least two (or more) are interacting.\r\n\r\nDo you want to relate to people in both your personal and professional life? Do you want to understand the impacts of the structures of society on the individual as well as how the individual acts on the structure of society?\r\n\r\nThese are the types of things you will examine\u00a0in this course. In this module, you'll learn about the development of sociology as a field of research and discover various theoretical perspectives central to the study of society. In addition, you will learn why it is worthwhile to study sociology and how sociology can be applied in the real world.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">For example, did you know that sociologists helped the Supreme Court end \"separate but equal\" racial segregation in the United States? 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