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Sociology Big Picture! We study sociology to better understand what is wrong in the world and to better know how to improve it! Sociology Basics (Ch. 1-3): The language & concepts necessary to study & understand sociology. - What is sociology? Major sociological perspectives: Functionalist, Conflict, & Interactionist. Famous sociologists: Comte, Durkheim, Marx, Weber, Addams, & Du Bois. Research: Process (Chart p.21) & Methods (Surveys, Existing Sources, Observational, Experiments, Statistical analysis). Culture: Components (Technology, Symbols, Language, Values, Norms), Variations, & Change. Social structure: Statuses, Roles, Interactions, Types of Societies, & Groups Socialization (Ch 4, 5, & 6): The relationship between society & the individual. - Nature v nurture. Theories on the development of the self: Tabula Rasa, Looking-Glass Self, Role-Taking, Impression Management. Agents of socialization: Family, Peers, School, Mass Media Adolescence: Biological growth, Undefined Status, Increased Decision Making, Increased Peer Pressure, Search for Self Adulthood: Levinson’s Developmental Stages of Adulthood for Men & Women (Chart p. 137) Social Problems (Ch. 7, 8, 9, & 10): The things that are “wrong” in the world. - - Social Control: Internalization & Sanctions. Social Deviance: Functions & Explanations (Functionalist, Conflict, & Interactionist). Crime: Types (Violent, Property, Victimless, White-Collar, & Organized) & The Criminal Justice System (Police, Courts, & Corrections). Social Stratification: Dimensions (Wealth, Power, & Prestige), Explanations (Functionalist & Conflict), Social Class, & Poverty. Prejudice & Discrimination: Race, Ethnicity, & Patterns of Minority Group Treatment (Cultural Pluralism, Assimilation, Legal Protection, Segregation, Subjugation, Popular Transfer, & Extermination). Sexism: Gender Roles, Identity, & Inequality. Ageism: Medicare, Medicaid, & Social Security. Americans with Disabilities: Prejudice, Discrimination, & Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Health Care: Costs, Quality, & Access Social Institutions (Ch. 11, 12, 13, & 14): The ways we try to “improve” the world. - - Family: Systems (Nuclear & Extended), Patterns (Marriage, Residence, Decent, & Authority), Functions (Regulation of Sexual Activity, Reproduction, Socialization, & Security), & Trends (Divorce, Delayed Marriage, Delayed Childbearing, Dual-Earner Households, One-Parent Households, Remarriage). Economy: Systems (Sectors & Types of Societies), Models (Capitalism & Socialism), Trends (Corporate Capitalism & Changing Nature of Work). Politics: Types of Authority (Traditional, Rational-Legal, Charismatic, Coercion), Types of Government (Democratic & Authoritarian), Political Models (Power-Elite v. Pluralist). Education: Perspectives (Functionalist, Conflict, & Interactionist) & Issues (Reform, Alternatives, Violence, ELL) Religion: Functions (Social Cohesion, Social Control, & Emotional Support) & Aspects of religion (Rituals & Symbols, Belief Systems, & Organizational Structures) Sports: Perspectives (Functionalist, Conflict, & Interactionist) & Issues (Race, Gender, Deviance) Mass Media: Perspectives (Functionalist, Conflict, & Interactionist) & Issues (Children, Civic Life, & Power) Changing Social World (Ch. 15 & 16): The ways we try to improve the ways we try to improve the world! - Collective Behavior: Aspects (Crowds, Preoccupations, & Public Opinion) & Explanations (Contagion, Emergent-Norm, & Value Added). Social movements: Types (Reactionary, Conservative, Revisionary, & Revolutionary) & Explanations (Relative Deprivation Theory & Resource-Mobilization Theory). Social Change: Functionalist Theories (Cyclical, Evolutionary, & Equilibrium) & Conflict Theories (Marx – Class Conflict & Dahrendorf & Social Conflict). Modernization: Modernization Theory & World System Theory.