The Sociological Perspective (SOC 1000) chapter notes

About These Notes

These notes cover 1 to 14 chapters of SOC 1000. They cover the following topics:

• Sociology, the sociological perspective, family relationships, conflict theory, and social functioning.
• How sociologists do research, types of truth, basics of science, research ethics, and research methods.
• Culture, elements of culture, social norms, diversity, patterns, cultural change, and cultural integration.
• How Lenski viewed society, past societies, how Marx viewed society, how Weber viewed society, how Durkheim viewed society, and modern societies.
• Socialization, nature vs nurture, Freud’s model of personality, Mead’s theory, types of agents, mass media, and resocialization.
• Defines social interactions, social status, roles, role conflict, Thomas theorem, dramaturgy, and communication.
• Defines mass media, social media, digital divide, self image, and culture.
• Social groups, leadership, leadership styles, group conformity, and how race class and gender affect groups.
• Deviance, social control, strain theory, symbolic interaction, conflict theory, crime, felony, punishment, the school to prison pipeline, social stratification, social class, wealth, power, and social class in the United States.
• Gender stratification, inequality, sex, sexism, family, peer groups, schooling, mass media, and the workplace all in relation to gender.
• Race and ethnicity, minorities, prejudice, racism, discrimination, patterns of interaction, and assimilation.