A sociologist is conducting a study on a small group of poverty-stricken individuals.She understands that an individual's poverty status is the result of larger economic situations and unemployment rates in the local community rather than an individual's personal problem.The ability to see the relationship between the personal troubles of the group and the larger economic situations is known as:
A) social stratification.
B) microsociology.
C) enigmatic perspective.
D) conventional wisdom.
E) sociological imagination.

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The ability to see the relationship between personal troubles and larger economic situations is known as the sociological imagination, which was introduced by sociologist C. Wright Mills. It allows individuals to understand how their personal experiences are connected to larger social structures and patterns.

A Sociologist Is Conducting a Study on a Small Group