Sociology Homework: Social Imagination, Summarizing, and Positivism

This homework assignment delves into key sociological concepts, beginning with a reflection on the social imagination, emphasizing its role in understanding societal interactions and alternative viewpoints. The assignment then differentiates between summarizing and paraphrasing, clarifying their distinct approaches to incorporating information from other sources. Furthermore, it explores the philosophical debate between positivism and anti-positivism (interpretivism), outlining their differing perspectives on how society shapes individuals and the methodologies they employ. The assignment concludes with a list of references including books, journals, and online resources, providing a comprehensive overview of the topics discussed. The assignment is a good example of how a student can approach and solve a homework assignment related to these topics, which is contributed by a student to be published on the website Desklib.

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Table of Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Reflection about social imagination............................................................................................3
Meaning of summarizing and paraphrasing................................................................................3
Positivism and anti positivism....................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

MAIN BODY
Reflection about social imagination.
The social imagination is the ability to see things socially and how it interacts and
influences each other. Through that person must be able to pull away from the any situation and
thinks from an alternative point of view. In my opinion, social imagination is very important for
draw better image of work in respective manner (Defining the Sociological Imagination, 2017).
This is the understanding of self-esteem, economics which is offers and gave us the
understanding of supply and demand, polling and science. This is making the proper connection
between personal challenges and larger social issues.
In the other word, it is the mind set which is provides a proper ability for individuals to
realize the strong relationship between all the personal experiences and the larger society. It
provides the proper and right mind set and road map to solve problem by using various activities.
This creates more effectiveness for work in respective manner (Archibugi, 2017). This is a kind
of critical thinking which is help to understand other people. These provide clues to the reason
why a given person in under educated or unable to secure employment in respective manner. It is
the analytical thinking for solving problem as well as identifying with the specific of another
person about the social situation.
Meaning of summarizing and paraphrasing.
The summarizing and paraphrasing are the similar in that they are allowed a writer in
incorporated in another ways. But that are little and quite different from each other in respective
manner. The paraphrasing is put the passage from the original sources in own words. In that
people read on para from other source and rewrite in their words that is called as a paraphrasing
in proper manner (Paraphrasing and Summarizing, 2019). On the other side, summarize is when
the main ideas which are put into their words. In this main option is created proper aspects to be
learned more in respective manner. In this people complete their work and end of the work they
summarize that work like what are the important aspects including in that on their words in
respective manner. As per both are similar and different form each other.

Positivism and anti positivism.
The positivism and anti positivism both are different from each other in respective
manner. This creates more effectiveness for work by managing proper effectiveness in respective
manner. The work on positivism and anti positivism are as follows:
Positivism:
The positivism is believed society shapes the individuals to use the quantitative methods.
This see the shapes of society on believe that social factor. This is tradition stresses which are
more important of doing quantitative research like the larger scale surveys in order to managed
works only in proper and respective manner (Gutiérrez, 2016). This is another aspects which
reflects a point of research is to uncover the laws which are governs human behaviours in
making general focus on work. This is based on objective format like detachment, trends,
comparisons, correlations and other factors. The above map is reflected that, positivism is the
knowledge which is based on the natural phenomena and their properties and relation. This
creates more effectiveness for completing work by making positive image of work in mind.
Anti positivism (interpretivism):
Illustration 1: Mind map of positivism and anti positivism (interpretivism)
(Source: Positivism and interpretivism, 2016)

Interpretive belief individual for giving shape society uses quantitative methods within
the work. In this individual have the proper consciousness and are not just about who are reacted
to external social media and factors as positivism believe. In these individuals are intricate and
the complex and the different people experience for work in respective manner. This is highly
created work in proper manner (Hart, 2016). The mind map about anti positivism is make
general focus on social research with to gain in depth insight into the beliefs and lives of
respondents. This is the effective and valuable goals of understanding ways of act which they
have to act like that. That is in the subjective manner like interaction, involvement, rapport,
feelings and think about description with the best humanistic. This creates the various values and
work to make proper focus on work factors. It is the approach of the social research would be a
more qualitative by using methods such as unstructured interview and proper observation of
work (Hasan, 2016).
The above is mentioned the work on positivism and anti positivism (interpretivism)
argues that about the individuals are not just who are reacted to external social factors as
positivism believe.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Archibugi, D., 2017. The social imagination needed for an innovation-led recovery. Research
Policy. 46(3). pp.554-556.
Gutiérrez, K. D., 2016. 2011 AERA Presidential Address: Designing Resilient Ecologies: Social
Design Experiments and a New Social Imagination. Educational Researcher. 45(3).
pp.187-196.
Hart, H. L., 2016. The New Challenge to Legal Positivism (1979). Oxford Journal of Legal
Studies. 36(3). pp.459-475.
Hasan, M. N., 2016. Positivism: to what extent does it aid our understanding of the contemporary
social world?. Quality & Quantity. 50(1). pp.317-325.
ONLINE
Defining the Sociological Imagination. 2017. Online. Available through:
<https://courses.lumenlearning.com/alamo-sociology/chapter/the-sociological-
imagination-add-image/>
Paraphrasing and Summarizing. 2019. Online. Available through:
<https://www.nmu.edu/writingcenter/quoting-paraphrasing-and-summarizing-0>
Positivism and Interpretivism. 2016. Online. Available through;
<https://revisesociology.com/2015/05/18/positivism-interpretivism-sociology/>