While walking down the street, Alana notices a homeless man. She thinks to herself, "That man must be homeless because he became unemployed. I'm sure that's because our local economy is so bad, and companies seem to be moving to other countries. He probably lost his family, too." Sociologists would say that Alana is using her ______.

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Alana is using her sociological imagination, which is the ability to connect personal experience to larger social forces and patterns. She is considering the economic conditions and external factors that may have contributed to the man's situation rather than just attributing it solely to his individual choices or abilities.

While Walking Down the Street, Alana Notices a Homeless Man