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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.