Using the sociological imagination helps sociologists (and students of sociology)
a.) create an image of how people in other societies live
b.) focus on individual lives
c.) develop the ability to see the connections between our own personal experience and the larger forces of history
d.) understand the theories developed by Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim
Answer: c.) develop the ability to see the connections between our own personal experience and the larger forces of history
FEEDBACK: C. Wright Mills, who coined the term "sociological imagination," defined it as "the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period."
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