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Challenge and Change in Society Sociology Overview What is Sociology? • The study of human relationships and institutions What is Sociology? • The purpose is to develop social policy based on patterns discovered • It ranges from crime to religion; family to state; divisions of ethnicity to social status • Ultimately: how does human action and consciousness both shape and are shaped by cultural and social structures Personal/Societal/Global • Personal level - investigates the social causes and consequences of such things as romantic love, racial and gender identity, family conflict, deviant behavior, aging, and religious faith. Personal/Societal/Global • Societal level - examines and explains matters like crime and law, poverty and wealth, prejudice and discrimination, schools and education, business firms, urban community, and social movements. Personal/Societal/Global • Global level - studies such phenomena as population growth and migration, war and peace, and economic development. We Are Born to Social • The moment we take our first breath, we become part of a society • The moment the doctor verifies our gender, we start the process of socialization • Institutions form us into ‘human beings’ • Institutions are: family, teams, friends, school, church, media How Do Sociologists Study Society? • Through experience, people learn to behave according to ‘unwritten’ rules of society • These are called ‘Roles’ • Roles range and change as we live our life • Roles are based on our ‘status’ in a group • Roles require ‘hierarchies’ • Roles can sometimes conflict – “Role Conflict” Values/Norms/Deviance • Every role carries a ‘Value’ attached • These are desirable characteristics associated with the value • Human beings are expected to ‘internalize’ these values and live out of them • In other words, the person in a particular role acts within the value set Values/Norms/Deviance • Additionally, people who live in particular roles are also required to follow ‘norms’ • Norms are arbitrary rules that societies develop • They differ from culture to culture • Breaking a norm usually results in the person no longer able to play that role Values/Norms/Deviance • • • • Severe breaking of norms is called ‘deviance’ These acts offend/violate society as a whole These acts are usually considered criminal They may even threaten to rupture a given culture/society • This is why penitentiaries were established; the penitent was there to be rehabilitated back into society