Download Course title: Sociology Class: Freshmen (World economics

Course title: Sociology
Class: Freshmen (World economics)
Instructor: Tofig Ahmadov, PhD
Questions for the first Colloquium
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How to approach studying sociology?
What is sociology?
Write about the differences between sociology and commonsense
What is meant by sociological thinking?
Describe the relationship between the individual and society
What are the differences between socialisation and identity formation?
Describe the nature of sociological research and explain why it is important to
know how research is done.
Identify the key criteria by which research is evaluated.
Explain what is meant by a research design and how the nature of the research
design influences the data that is collected.
Identify the characteristics of survey, experimental, comparative and
ethnographic research designs?
Describe the key research methods: interviews, observations, the analysis of
official statistics and documents.
What is the sociological research?
What are the main features of Mead's sociological concept?
What are the basic characteristics of Parson's sociological concept?
Describe Mark Weber's concept of sociology?
Write about Karl Mark's approach to society.
What is sociology about?
How do sociologists do research?
What is the relationship between theory and method in sociology?
How have sociologists tried to explain how societies work and change?
Describe social institutions
Write about Rober Merton's concept of anomie
Contradict Marx and Weber’s views on sociology
Why do we need to study society?
What are the main differences between Mead and Parson's views to society?
Write about Weber and idealism
Write about Parson’s voluntaristic theory of social action
What does Blumer’s concept “Symbolic interactionism” mean?
Explain mechanical and organic solidarity
Write about sociology of postmodernity
What does ethnomethodology mean?
Identify the key aspects of positivist theory
Parson’s concept of moving equilibrium
What is the structural functionalism?
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Explain a concept of labeling theory
Write about Parson’s ideas on the social system and social structure
Explain Mark’s concept base and superstructure
Write about evaluation of postmodern theory
Explain Mead’s concept of self
Write about Weber and rationalization
Explain how research is underpinned by theoretical ideas
Write about the key aspects of interpretivist approaches in sociology
Write about ontological and epistemological issues in sociology
What was the main idea of Enlightenment?
Explain what is meant by realism in sociology
Outline the key aspects of realism.
Describe the interpretivist critique of positivism
Compare modernity with post-modernity
Outline the key aspects of positivism
How realism is different from interpretivism.
Explain Mark’s and materialism (from the perspectives of nature)
Describe what is meant by an ontology/epistemology problem in sociology
Compare pre-modernity with modernity
Describe Mark’s concept of the labour theory of value
Outline the key aspects of interpretivism
Write about Durkheim’s key ideas on sociology
How realism is different from positivism
Write about the definition of globalization
What does the radicalization of modernity mean?
Explain the limits of global politics
Describe a "world-system" in globalization
Explain the concept of "Global scapes" of Arjun Appadurai
What is the network society?
Write about the concept of "risk society"
Explain a concept of secualarization
Write about religion and social integration
Write about religion and economic culture
Write about religion and modernity
Write about religion and globalization
Write about religion and social conflict
Characterize the research based on religious issue
What are the main principles of secularization
Mark's theory of social inequality
Write about Weber's concept of stratification and power
Weber theory of class
Is class or status the primary basis of justice?
What does it mean injustice based on ethnicity?
What does it mean injustice based on gender?