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Jane goes to college because she believes that doing so will allow her to obtain a high-paying job. She has spoken with her grandmother who did not have the chance to go to college when she was younger. This makes Jane reflect on the fact that she has these opportunities that her grandmother did not have. Jane is using:

Ethnomethodology

Sociology

Sociological Imagination

Symbolic Interactionism

Conventional Wisdom

Jane goes to college because she believes that doing so will allow her to obtain a high-paying job. She has spoken with her grandmother who did not have the chance to go to college when she was younger. This makes Jane reflect on the fact that she has these opportunities that her grandmother did not have. Jane is using:

Answers: a.

Ethnomethodology

b.

Sociology

c.

Sociological Imagination

d.

Symbolic Interactionism

e.

Conventional Wisdom

Explanation / Answer

Answer : Option C

Sociological imagination.

C. Wright Mills defined sociological imagination as "The awareness of the relationship between personal experience and wider society". It is the ability to see things socially and how they interact & influence eachother.

She is taking the personal experience of her grandmother and the society's belief. Hence she is using sociological imagination.

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